not that he did this to himself. seemona sumasar was a victim of two crimes. but it did not end there. during the seven months she was in jail, she lost her home, her business, and was separated from her daughter. and now, she has to build her life yet again. the wheels of justice eventually turned in the right direction. but it must be hard to look at yourself as a winner. it is, it is. he has turned my life upside down. he took everything away from me. everything that i sacrificed for, everything that i worked for, he even took my daughter away from me. he turned my life upside down. seemona sued new york city and two of its detectives. she also sued nassau county and one of its detectives. a city defendant settled for an undisclosed amount.
you in the lineup, identified your car. to them, it seems like a pretty good case. do you understand that? yeah, i do understand that. but what seemona did not understand was why nassau county police and prosecutors were ignoring evidence she felt certain would clear her. most significant, she claimed she had an airtight alibi for the night of the third robbery. ma am? yes. when they pulled you over, did they say they were officers? yes. robbery victim luz johnson s 9-1-1 call was made on the night of may 19th, 2010, at 1 am, from a small town on long island. but at that very moment, seemona told police she was gambling at the sun casino in connecticut, 120 miles away. i m not sure, but i know that i went to the casino, and i said, you probably won t believe me because i m sure everybody is saying that they are innocent. but you could confront my
manipulator, used to getting his way, until seemona forced him out of her business, her house, and her heart. this time, he was gonna have to leave with his tail between his legs. that was something that, you know, he just could not allow to happen. i think he became extraordinarily angry. and that s when he decided he was going to rape her. seemona took the stand and described the events of march 8th, 2009, hours of captivity in her own bedroom, followed by a brutal right. that must have been hard? it was. i went in there not knowing what to expect. i also reminded myself that i don t have anything to worry about, because i don t lie about anything. she relived her relationship with jerry on that witness stand. and she relived her or deal with jerry on that witness stand. and i thought every moment of her examination rang true and was very powerful. the prosecution told the jury that seemona will s body oz a crime scene. semen recovered during her sexual assault exam conta
mean to do this and he hopes that, you know, i don t report it. the last thing i think i said to him was, you should ve just use the gun, why didn t you? jerry didn t answer, he simply grabbed his things and left. seemona called 9-1-1. what is your name man? seemona. what is the emergency? i was assaulted by my ex-boyfriend. and i need to make a report. he just left. jerry was arrested and charged with rape. he emphatically denied every detail of seemona s accusation. she said she had been bound, dragged downstairs, raped, not just any rape, hours of emotional torture, and forcibly penetrated. i never touched seemona. you did have sex that night? yes. in the bedroom? yes. not downstairs? no. consensual sex?
charged with raping her must be connected to the charges against her now. but how? she says she pleaded with police and prosecutors to try to find out. but they didn t seem interested. seemona s lawyer says they didn t do their jobs. police, they get a piece of evidence they think is credible, and they follow it to the exclusion of what else. and they were looking for ways to prove that she committed this crime. they were convinced she did. they were not looking for ways to prove that she didn t. as the months dragged on, seemona felt she s like minnesota twice, first by her ex boyfriend, and now by the justice system. and it became difficult, you know, all the negative light because of my arrest, a lot of embarrassing things that my family had to, you know, go through. a lot of shame, a lot of guilt. like, how can i even explain what s going on, what s been said about me? then, just before christmas,