A follow up to our story HERE. $2.8 million for 12 years is slightly over $233K (thanks to hieronymous for the catch) per year.
DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit suburb has agreed to pay $2.8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by a man who spent nearly 12 years in prison for rape before winning an acquittal at a second trial.
The deal between Jeffrey Moldowan and the city of Warren and one of its former police detectives, Donald Ingles, was agreed to last week in federal court. Moldowan's lawsuit is scheduled to go to trial next month against two remaining defendants.
It was not immediately clear whether the money will come from the Warren city government or its insurer.
Moldowan was convicted of abducting a former girlfriend, raping her and dumping her on a street in Detroit in 1990. He was 20 at the time. His conviction, as well as the conviction of an alleged accomplice, was thrown out in 2002 based on new alibi witnesses and an expert who recanted her testimony about bite marks found on the victim.
The Macomb County prosecutor put Moldowan and Michael Cristini through a second trial in 2003 and they were acquitted.
Moldowan, now 41, filed a lawsuit in 2005, claiming his civil rights were violated by a bungled police investigation and the decision to hold a second trial. He also sued Dr. Alan Warnick, whose bite-mark testimony was crucial in the 1991 trial. Warnick reached an out-of-court settlement in August.
The $2.8 million deal with Warren was made Oct. 11, less than a month after the city offered $2 million, court records show. Messages seeking comment were left Tuesday with Mayor James Fouts and attorneys for Moldowan and the city.
Trial is set for Nov. 2 for the remaining defendants, Macomb County and prosecutor Eric Smith. They offered $100,000 to settle on Oct. 6.
After Moldowan's '91 conviction, a private investigator found a witness who said he saw four black men standing around the body of a naked female and that two of them had bragged about the assault. The victim had told police that her attackers were white and familiar to her.
The woman also had been seen at a crack house in the Detroit neighborhood that summer.
Moldowan sued the woman who accused him of rape, but a federal appeals court in 2009 said she could not be pursued. Her statements were "critical" in the decision to file charges but "were only part of a broader, independent investigation," the court said.
A similar lawsuit filed by Cristini in 2007 is pending.
Link:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/warren-settles-false-rape-lawsuit-for-$2.8m-20111018-mr
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Not sure if you've already covered this but here it is anyways:http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6371.cfm?Id=122591
Apparently,a woman just got sentenced 2 3 months in prison 4 accusing a police officer of raping her-It just shows that cops need 2 be ESPECIALLY careful & on guard for false rape claims.-If you ask me,her doing 3 months is a little light for my taste,i think somewhere between 15-25 years in prison or 15-25 years in prison is fairer(that's what most rapists get)Thanks Steve!
Um, I'm afraid your math is just a bit off. The actual per annum amount for 12 years is $233,333.
The guy was put through hell but I'd sure like to get my hands on $2.8 million. Most of the hell I've been through cost me out-of-pocket.
Hieronymus,
You are correct. With all the 3's in there, I misread it. Thanks.
233k a year is nice but still 2 small 4 my tasting!
This is so disturbing. Our justice system is a farce. He walked on a bribe and a technicality. Go read some of the comments on the macomb daily about this case. See what the people that know these guys have to say. Look up the original case. There were four people that committed this crime. Where are the other two? Stop being sheep. Do your research!
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