July 17, 2009

CA- OC woman guilty of extortion, false rape claim

7-17-2009 California:

FULLERTON, Calif.—An Orange County woman accused of demanding $15,000 from a man she met online by falsely claiming that he raped her has pleaded guilty to attempted extortion and falsely reporting a crime.

Prosecutors said 28-year-old Susanna Coetzee of Newport Beach was sentenced to 127 days in jail and five years probation Thursday.

District attorney spokeswoman Farrah Emami says Coetzee met the 37-year-old man on a dating Web site. The two were at an Anaheim hotel in April when Coetzee screamed that she had been raped and left.

Hotel security called 911, triggering a police investigation. Prosecutors said that during the probe, Coetzee sent numerous text messages to the man demanding money in exchange for dropping the accusation. ..Source.. by AP

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