Thursday, 24 July 2014

Google engineer raped woman in his East Village apartment, is being probed for other sexual assaults: prosecutor

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpiJustin Chan, center, is seen Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, where he appeared on charges that he raped a woman at his apartment.
A Google engineer busted for an alleged rape in his East Village apartment is being probed for “numerous” other reported attacks, the Daily News has learned.
Justin Chan, 28, was arraigned in Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday on rape charges stemming from the alleged sexual assault June 1 inside his E. 12th St. apartment.
Chan, who hails from Canada but works for the technology giant in New York, approached the victim on the street and “they had a shot of whiskey” before going back to his apartment, prosecutors said.
She told him she wanted to leave but he forced her to say and forced a sexual encounter around 8:30 p.m., the district attorney says.
Accused rapist Justin Chan works at Google's New York office.PRESTON RESCIGNO / GETTY IMAGESAccused rapist Justin Chan works at Google's New York office.
“Although the defendant doesn’t have a criminal history, he has numerous complaints of sexual assault against (him) which are being investigated at this time,” a prosecutor told Justice Charles Solomon on Tuesday.
Chan, who pleaded not guilty to his indictment, is free on $50,000 cash bail. Prosecutors wanted to have his bail hiked to $150,000, based on the ongoing investigation.
“There's no change of circumstances,” his attorney, Kimberly Summers, argued.
NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpiJEFFERSON SIEGEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSJustin Chan, right, is being investigated for other alleged sexual crimes, prosecutors say.
As the details where read in court, Chan shook his head in disagreement.

Both he and Summers, declined to comment after the hearing. Chan left the courthouse with his girlfriend, who is he moving in with, and another pal.

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