Cops accused of raping teen want case tossed, claim victim lied
The disgraced NYPD cops accused of raping a handcuffed teenager in their van in Brooklyn are demanding a judge toss the case, saying prosecutors withheld evidence about discrepancies in the accuser’s story.
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In a motion to dismiss filed Monday, attorneys for Eddie Martins and Richard Hall claim Anna Chambers gave one story to NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and a different one to the grand jury that indicted the cops.
The filing accuses the prosecution of “sanitizing the truth” and claims that Chambers’ friend and witness Mitch Asham told police she had previously lied about being raped. Reached Monday, Amshen denied telling that to cops.
According to the motion, Chambers told IAB that she was too high at the time of the alleged rape to remember details.
Her lawyer, Michael David, said hospital records prove she was alert and oriented when she went for a rape kit the evening of the alleged attack.
“First they brutally raped her, now they’re trying to destroy her life,” he said.
A DA spokesman called defense lawyers “attacks” on Chambers “inappropriate.”