Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
Often people are overcharged initially, in order to cover all possible bases.
If there were any actual "kidnapping" involved, he would have been in jail 3 years ago, and the bail would have been far higher.
My guess is that screen shot of Ray describing the charges is real, and that Ray is telling the truth about the nature of the charges.
I'm assuming a girl went to the police 3 years ago and claimed that, at some point (perhaps not right after it happened, but awhile later) Ray watched her and her friend in the shower at his house, and he jerked off.
There was likely no evidence other than the girl's claim.
The girl was clearly there willingly and probably didn't allege he touched her in any way. It was only the age of the girls involved which made this a crime.
This wasn't considered a high priority case, so while an arrest warrant was issued, there was no attempt to pick up Ray, despite the fact that he remained in Las Vegas and was incredibly easy to find. (This part still surprises me, btw.)
There is a decent chance this will be dismissed for lack of evidence, though perhaps the presence of more than one person might allow this to proceed.
In 1991, a professor at my college was placed on leave after he was accused of jerking off in front of a 10-year-old boy at the YMCA. The professor allegedly asked if the boy wanted to touch his dick, the boy said no, and then he allegedly just whipped it out and started masturbating in front of him. The professor was charged with "committing a lewd act in front of a minor", not sexual assault. This is because the boy wasn't touched. However, this was California and almost 30 years ago, so perhaps they do it differently in 2019.
From Ray's explanation in that message, no actual assault is being alleged, but perhaps Nevada can classify it as that anyway.