Victim Says She Was Forced Repeatedly and Abused

In describing her ex-boyfriend, the alleged victim says that Rodriguez has managed to turn her family against her, reportedly through unfulfilled promises.  During their brief relationship, the woman alleges that she was forced into having intercourse on a number of occasions against her will.

Voice of: Alleged Rape Victim

“We mi deh together like six months, yeah, and then he, when time like da night time, I could recall da night time when time we deh eena room, I gwein sleep, he deh pan Facebook because he dah somebody weh love Facebook.  He deh pan Facebook and afta ten, one then he woulda pinch me up.  My legs all black and blue.  He woulda pinch me up and he woulda tell me come have sex and I woulda tell he I di sleep, and then he woulda still force me fi have sex with he deh so.”

Isani Cayetano

“As a person, was he kind to you during the relationship?  Was he mean to you?  Was he an okay person to be around?  Describe what kind of an individual this person is in private life.”

Voice of: Alleged Rape Victim

“Well, most of the time di time he go dah work and when he come home dah straight pan Facebook and pan weekends I come dah my ma, spend weekends with my ma and go back.  And that da the same routine we used to have.  So I neva have wah like, spend time, time with he like that because ih dah mostly somebody who like the Facebook.”

Isani Cayetano

“Have you shared this with your family?  What has been there reaction when you opened up and said, you know what, I believe that I was sexually assaulted by this person?”

Voice of: Alleged Rape Victim

“Well to be real with you, none ah my family look back pan me right now because of him.  Because he promise them, he promise my ma that he wahn build wah house.  Ih promise my bredda that ih wahn give ahn job and ih di buy ova my families and none ah my families dehn di look pan me right now.”

As we said, Rodriguez is to be arraigned this Wednesday. His attorney is Herbert Panton.