A man has been acquitted of raping a woman - because she had at least 14 personalities.
In a bizarre case, a jury was told that the 40-year-old man was accused of sexually assaulting the woman 11 times in her home in 2004 while some of her alter egos looked on and at times intervened.
During the District Court trial that finished on Tuesday, the court was told three of the 33-year-old woman's personalities were present at one of the alleged incidents.
The complainant said two identities had been at other incidents...
In video testimony played at the trial, the woman, referring to herself as "us'', acknowledged that she had at least 14 personalities and described how one had intervened during one of the alleged incidents.
"(She) came out and was screaming at him (the accused) and said, 'You'd better not get us pregnant','' she said.
The woman said that she and that personality were "co-conscious'' with another personality – that of a six-year-old – at another alleged assault...
She conceded that at times she forgot that she did things because other personalities had done them, such as spending $3000 on her credit card.
But she denied that any of her identities would engage in sex.
The accused said on a police interview video that he had consensual sex with the woman on only one night during the three days and denied that other acts took place
This could be an interesting little legal problem, really. If one personality consented (as the man claims) and another objected, did he rape the consenting one too? Does one of them hold power of attorney or some such for the others? And what about the six-year-old one? Can she consent at all? And what kind of a pervert does that make the guy, anyway?
If one of them gets pregnant, who has ownership of the womb? Are there enough spaces on the birth certificate? Will our kids be reading Heather has 14 Mommies at school next?
Cases like this are why judges drink. A tip of the
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