Marvin Hurst / KENS 5
Martha Zamora Basaldua is accused of making false claims to San Antonio police about a sexual assault. But this was no ordinary rape allegation.
According to an arrest warrant, the 28-year-old alleged five officers from SAPD tried to have their way with her during a DWI accident on May 19. Officers said her claims were false.
Two investigations by SAPD have confirmed that the officers committed no such acts.
In May, after being arrested, Basaldua reportedly alerted a detention guard at the Magistrate's Detention Center to an alleged sexual assault.
"They tried to rape me," she said, according to a warrant.
The arrest document said the guard escorted the five officers and their accuser into a DWI room.
The policemen were instructed to notify their supervisor. According to the warrant, the claims had now escalated to rape.
Police said when a detective interviewed the woman on video tape, her story changed. The detective said he asked her if she had been raped.
"No, but I thought I was going to be," she reportedly replied.
According to Basaldua, the officers were standing over her at the scene. She alleges the group said things like "Who's going to be first?" But she denied any sexual contact.
The warrant said the detective left the 28-year-old accuser alone in the interview room. She reportedly called a friend on the telephone and changed her story again.
Police said she told her friend she was beaten, bruised and raped. That's why she was calling him from SAPD's Internal Affairs. The warrant claims she wanted her friend to get her daughter before police called Child Protective Services. Investigators said in a second call to the same friend, Basaldua alleged the five policemen pinned her down and laughed at her. They reportedly stopped when she began to drop names.
"They are going to back each other up no matter what," she allegedly told the friend.
According to the arrest warrant, police conducted two full investigations into her allegations. The accused officers underwent body searches, the alleged crime scene was processed and everyone at the scene of the May accident was interviewed. However, the warrant said Basaldua would not submit to a full sexual assault exam.
SAPD also activated their Sex Crimes Stranger team to conduct a probe. It's specialized group of investigators used in high profile cases.
The investigations came to the same conclusion. Police said there was no evidence of a sexual assault. A warrant was issued for Basaldua's arrest on Monday for a charge of filing a false report. The 28-year-old was arrested. She is currently out of jail on a $3,500 bond.
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This report adds: "The arrest warrant stated all five officers at the scene of the DWI accident, the two EMS technicians and even the tow truck driver that arrived there all consented to searches that night. No evidence was ever found that Basaldua had been raped." This one adds one more detail: "Five arresting officers, two EMS technicians and a wrecker driver who were with Basaldura during the original accident agreed to a medical exam, while Basaldua refused to have tests conducted to determine whether or not an assault took place. There was no evidence that she was sexually assaulted, the affidavit states."
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The only reason there was even an arrest is that she lied about cops. They would give her a free pass if she'd lied about five civilians.
how true... my thoughts exactly.
(I.m the one just been on the receiving end of this)
ANON SAYS
"The only reason there was even an arrest is that she lied about cops. They would give her a free pass if she'd lied about five civilians."
SCOTT says..so true!!
End the violence, Break the gender feminist / law enforcement misinformation Alliance!!
This story will outrage feminists. There will be protests claiming the accuser has been victimized again because the police don't believe her.
If the cops weren't so aggressive when it comes to "following up" on rape claims, for example trying to force confessions, fewer women would try to get away with this. The cops are their own worst enemenies.
Perhaps they are also the worst enemies of false accusers
Anonymous said...
The only reason there was even an arrest is that she lied about cops. They would give her a free pass if she'd lied about five civilians.
True. When it comes to someone falsely accusing one of their brothers or sisters, the law enforcement family shows a side of themselves that should always be shown in cases where one or more outside their family is accused of rape or any other serious and/or violent crime.
If these officers had any doubts as to the existence of false accusations being made by a woman, they have received an education ,however unfortunate and dangerous it was, as to the reality of the existence of false accusations. They should learn form and use this experience in any future cases of rape accusations they respond to. It seems, once again, that things have gone full circle.
"Perhaps they are also the worst enemies of false accusers"
I'm not sure I follow you. How does that excuse their improper behavior? All that tells me is that they may treat perceived false accusers as unjustly as they do alleged rapists. Or alleged bank robbers, or assault victims, or guys who drive crown victorias and mind their own business, or anyone else.
Besides, MRA's and sites such as this one are false accusers' worst enemies.
We're the false accusers' worst nightmare! Never stop demanding justice.
Norm said...
"Perhaps they are also the worst enemies of false accusers"
Perhaps the next time they respond to a rape call they might remember this experience and not be so fast to arrest the accused man.
Norm said...
"Besides, MRA's and sites such as this one are false accusers' worst enemies."
Anonymous said...
We're the false accusers' worst nightmare! Never stop demanding justice.
Yes we are
It really is sad that someone would fake something so horrible like that. I've been looking for a place to tell my story anonymously. And this is not the place to do so, but it does happen.
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