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Woman pleads no-contest to rape-blackmail attempt
By Mareva Brown -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 a.m. PDT Tuesday, April 22, 2003
A North Sacramento woman who tried to blackmail eight men into paying her so she wouldn't report that they raped her -- an allegation she made up -- pleaded no-contest to multiple counts of extortion, filing false police reports and sending threatening letters, prosecutors announced Monday.
Jessica Langshaw, 20, accused each of the men of sexually assaulting her in separate incidents over 18 months in which she either knew them as friends or was romantically involved with them, according to prosecutor Michael Blazina.
Then she had demanded specific amounts of blackmail from each man, ranging from $8,000 to $150,000, for a total of about $500,000, Blazina said. In some cases, Langshaw also demanded they give her their motorcycles, in exchange for her agreement not to press criminal sexual-assault charges, he added.
The men ranged from a 71-year-old college professor to a 25-year-old shock disc jockey to a group of men that Langshaw met in an Internet chat room. In five cases, she delivered letters of demand to the men. In two cases, she mailed letters to the men's parents. In the eighth case, she read a demand letter over the telephone.
"Just the sheer volume of her claims tended to erode her credibility," Blazina said.
Langshaw's claims began to fall apart when rape investigators from several different regional law-enforcement agencies met for a routine meeting and discovered that Langshaw had made reports in unrelated cases.
At about the same time, arson investigators looking at burned cars outside the homes of two of the men were told the men had received demand letters from Langshaw a short time earlier.
Langshaw's boyfriend, Raul Umana, 28, also pleaded no-contest to three felony counts of attempted extortion and three felony counts of sending threatening letters. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors agreed that Umana would receive no more than two years in state prison.
Langshaw pleaded no-contest to six felony counts of extortion, five felony counts of sending threatening letters and three misdemeanor counts of falsely reporting crimes to law enforcement. She will be sentenced to no more than one year in Sacramento County jail, according to the plea agreement. Both defendants will be sentenced June 13.
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starvingeyes
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Calling rape is almost as bad as the disgusting crime itself. I can't believe anyone would do that to another human being.
On another note, isn't a blackmail letter a stupid way to threaten rape charges? If it ever went to court, couldn't the guy just use that as evidence in their defense?
On another note, isn't a blackmail letter a stupid way to threaten rape charges? If it ever went to court, couldn't the guy just use that as evidence in their defense?
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you'd think so
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"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
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That is what I figured but...
The "investigators" are trying to make it sound like they dug up some dirt on her when she practically turned herself in by sending letters out.
Langshaw's claims began to fall apart when rape investigators from several different regional law-enforcement agencies met for a routine meeting and discovered that Langshaw had made reports in unrelated cases.
The "investigators" are trying to make it sound like they dug up some dirt on her when she practically turned herself in by sending letters out.
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This does have to do with politics, seeing that....I don't know, just keep it here. It's interesting, and anything that actually can be discussed without talking about Andrew Antoine belongs in this forum.
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Re: WOMEN!! Earn $$$$ at home! No risk!
starving eyes wrote:Langshaw's boyfriend, Raul Umana, 28, also pleaded no-contest to three felony counts of attempted extortion and three felony counts of sending threatening letters. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors agreed that Umana would receive no more than two years in state prison.
Langshaw pleaded no-contest to six felony counts of extortion, five felony counts of sending threatening letters and three misdemeanor counts of falsely reporting crimes to law enforcement. She will be sentenced to no more than one year in Sacramento County jail, according to the plea agreement. Both defendants will be sentenced June 13.
Doesn't anybody else have a problem with Langshaw's boyfriend getting no more than 2 years for 6 felony counts, and Langshaw only getting no more than one year for eleven felony counts, plus three misdemeanor counts? What's going on here?
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Uh oh, the wrath of Alex is back.
Anyways, that's how it goes with law soccerchick. Women get lesser charges for anything that pertains to jailtime. They can commit the same crime, if not, more, and get an easier term than the male, because men can handle it, I suppose.
Look at this case. Michigan roads are always under construction, it's just how it is here, because we suck. Anyways, there are signs everywhere saying "Injure/kill a worker and get 15 years and a $7500 fine." Well, a woman ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE hit some one and killed the person. Her punishment? The fine, no jail time, and some community service. I am tempted to spraypaint on the signs "Unless you're a woman" because that is what the Michigan state government says. If you're a woman, you can get away with murder.
Anyways, that's how it goes with law soccerchick. Women get lesser charges for anything that pertains to jailtime. They can commit the same crime, if not, more, and get an easier term than the male, because men can handle it, I suppose.
Look at this case. Michigan roads are always under construction, it's just how it is here, because we suck. Anyways, there are signs everywhere saying "Injure/kill a worker and get 15 years and a $7500 fine." Well, a woman ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE hit some one and killed the person. Her punishment? The fine, no jail time, and some community service. I am tempted to spraypaint on the signs "Unless you're a woman" because that is what the Michigan state government says. If you're a woman, you can get away with murder.
I faced death. I went in with my arms swinging. But I heard my own breath and had to face that I'm still living. I'm still flesh. I hold on to awful feelings. I'm not dead... My chest still draws breath. I hold it. I'm buoyant. There's no end.
oh man don't i know it, why is it people were bitching at Texas for putting a fucking woman to death? she deserved it, she was put there by a jury of her peers. why do we treat women with special privlages in our justice system? you want equal rights then you should have the same right to die for doing something stupid.
Whenever death may surprise us,
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
let it be welcome
if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear
and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.
Nobody's gonna miss me, no tears will fall, no ones gonna weap, when i hit that road.
my boots are broken my brain is sore, fer keepin' up with thier little world, i got a heavy load.
gonna leave 'em all just like before, i'm big city bound, your always 17 in your hometown
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