2 women deny rape charges

[seriousstan]

NORTHAMPTON - Two women, one a Smith College student, pleaded innocent to rape and assault charges yesterday in connection with a sexual encounter that a prosecutor said started out consensual and turned into a rape involving handcuffs and knives.

Northampton District Court Judge W. Michael Goggins set bail at $2,500 cash or $25,000 surety for Rachel Ann Klobertanz, 22, and Augusta Claire Kendall, 22, at their arraignments yesterday morning. Kendall was released on bail yesterday morning.

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Assistant District Attorney Susan J. Loehn said the 20-year-old victim, who is a Smith College student as is Kendall, met the two defendants in downtown Northampton and went to their 104 South St. apartment.

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The three had "several bottles of champagne" and then went to a bedroom where the three engaged in consensual sex, according to Loehn and police reports. During the encounter, the victim was placed in handcuffs, although she did not remember how, police reports state. After Kendall slapped her face, the victim told the two she wanted to stop, police said.

http://www.masslive.com/chicopeeholyoke/republican/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1106124736321600.xml

Note: Sorry about the multiple cuts, the story was very slow to develop and follow.

[pinerow]

1. Why is ithis news...?

nt

[AliciaKeyedUp]

2. Rape stories are always news

Women raping women stories are unusual.

[melnjones]

3. because it goes against the stereotypes.

nt

[seriousstan]

4. Why is it not?

[ckramer]

5. But how does a woman rape another woman?

[don954]

6. do we have to get graphic? Use your imagination.

if you need some fodder, watch some lez porn... ;)

[Ilsa]

8. I bet kramer would LOVE for someone to get graphic!

Lots of lengthy descriptions, all the possibilities...

[seriousstan]

7. I would think in the same way anyone rapes another.

by forcing someone to have sex against their will. One definition is involuntary penetration. I am sure you can use your imagination to fill in the blanks.

[Niccolo_Macchiavelli]

9. thus uwgly homos awe seducing and raping our straight daughters

can you hear the spin?

/sarcasm off

Women raping women is really unusual to read off but evil knows no boundary these times...the weird and the wicket raising from the shadows

[Solly Mack]

10. No means No. Period.

I wonder what the rest of the story is...

[seriousstan]

11. I am sure the rest of the story is about a violent, power happy

nutjob. Reading the article, it becomes clear that one of the women is just a violent criminal and will soon et her just deserts.

[Solly Mack]

12. Yeah, I read the article and the one woman does indeed appear

to be violent..and that's the rest of the story I want, that the article did not fully detail.

I'd like to follow this case.