A property development mogul is accused of raping an 18-year-old girl in his apartment. The property development mogul claims he “accidentally tripped and fell” on the 18-year-old girl he is accused of raping. The property development mogul is acquitted of all charges.
This sounds like a typical day in the American criminal justice system, doesn’t it? Well, as it turns out, this case comes from the land of Earl Grey tea and Eric Clapton.
The property development mogul in question is 46-year-old Ehsan Abdulaziz, who, on Aug. 7, 2014, met up with two girls at an exclusive nightclub, Cirque le Soir, in the West End of London. After hanging out at his private table, he gave them a ride back to his apartment in his Aston Martin, where they drank more. Mr. Abdulaziz then took the 24-year-old upstairs to have sex, while the 18-year-old went to sleep on his living room couch.
The 18-year-old claimed that she was awoken in the early morning hours with Mr. Abdulaziz on top of her, trying to force himself inside of her.
Last week, prosecutor Jonathan Davies summed up what happened next at the start of Mr. Abdulaziz’s trial. From Daily Mail:
“‘She said ‘what are you doing?’ He said ‘it’s fine,’ indicating that her friend was asleep. She got up to find her friend, tried to wake her but couldn’t, she then tried to get out of the flat as quickly as she could. She was very upset about what had happened to her and because she couldn’t wake her friend, she called two friends, she then called the police.'”
Mr. Abdulaziz claimed that he went to go check on the 18-year-old after having sex with the 24-year-old, offering her a T-shirt to sleep in or to pay for her to take a taxi back home. He claimed she pulled him onto her and placed his hand between her legs. Mr. Abdulaziz explains that this could be how his semen was found inside of her, stating that he may have still had some of his semen on his hands after having sex with the 24-year-old earlier.
It only took the jury 30 minutes to come back with an acquittal.
