Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Early Saturday morning, rapper Nelly was arrested following a woman’s claim that the rapper had allegedly sexually assaulted her on his tour bus while in Washington Time
Rape charges against the rapper Nelly have been dropped. (Photo: Gary Gershoff, WireImage)
The attorney for the woman who accused rapper Nelly of rape last weekend in Auburn, Washington has asked the police to halt the criminal investigation.
Auburn police spokesman Commander Steve Stocker said that Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was booked Saturday morning after being arrested at about 4:37 a.m. in his tour bus at a Walmart.
According to the jail's inmate database, he was arrested on suspicion of second-degree rape, indicating force was used, or the victim was incapable of consent due to being physically helpless, mentally incapacitated or developmentally disabled.
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Through a letter from Attorney Karen Koehler on Friday, the accuser asked for the investigation to be halted.
“Today she is telling the Auburn Police Department and the King County Prosecutor’s Office to put a halt to the criminal investigation of Cornell Haynes, Jr. (aka “Nelly”). She will not testify further in a criminal proceeding against him.
“She never wanted notoriety. She never wanted a dime from that man," the statement added.
“She wants to go back to school and to graduate. And this she cannot do if she remains hidden in her room, crying her heart out.”
Here's the full letter from Koehler:
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AMAathon on October 14th, 2017 at 13:36 UTC »
Did no one read the letter from her lawyer? It’s fairly obvious the girl is sticking by her story that he did, in fact, rape her, but that the process broke down (the police promised not to go public, immediately did) and the trauma of it all was simply too much (the public, friends, family, and classmates all immediately began hounding her about it). Not to mention, Nelly and his lawyer (who is probably way more expensive than the girl’s lawyer) immediately began dragging her through the mud in a very public way.
She sounds like she’s truly suffering, and for that reason, in an attempt to get her life back to normal as quickly as possible, she decided not to pursue charges. Not change her story — simply drop charges.
The girl is 21. She’s basically a kid. She just wants to go back to that.
It’s mind blowing to watch people on this site comment on things without knowing the details. Which feels somewhat ironic in this situation, as they’re accusing others of doing the same.
EDIT: From the article link to the letter written by the accuser’s lawyer.
cmilliorn on October 14th, 2017 at 12:32 UTC »
As a detective I can tell you this is not uncommon. I didn’t read the article because I don’t care about Nelly but women who are sexually assaulted often decide not to file charges and if they do they will frequently ask to drop charges.
It is very hard for victims to come forward and talk about an incident. It’s also hard, in cases, to prove sexual assault. If they had some sort of relationship before the assault like friends or dating first it makes it even harder.
Example, a woman comes in states she was at a friends drinking, using pills or smoking etc, she becomes incapacitated somewhat but was aware that she was being sexually assaulted and told him no repeatedly later she becomes fully conscious and has been raped.
She comes to the station reports the crime, we believe her or least always give the victim the benefit of the doubt while treating her professionally and with empathy. She gives her statement which is riddled with “I’m not sure” or “I can’t remember” because she was incapacitated. She gets a SANE (sexual abuse nurse examination) and goes on her way.
The Detective then contacts the suspect(s). Surprise but most suspects don’t just confess and will normally say something along the line of “she didn’t say no” or “we had sex but it was consensual”
Now cases go all different ways but it can be hard to prove this case. There are many many things investigators do to prove these cases but will require the victim to talk about the assault in court or multiple times.
It can be incredibly hard on victims, it’s not a perfect system and with someone famous I can’t even imagine the pressure that woman would be under. I feel for her.
Edit: Due to PMs and replies I read the article. From what I gather from Nelly being arrested there had to be “probable cause” for his arrest for a 2nd degree felony sex assault. Meaning force was used against her or she was impaired intentionally. She cannot just go into the station and say it happened and they go out and immediately arrest him, it doesn’t happen like that regardless of what people tell you.
Could she be lying? Of course but they had to have evidence to immediately arrest him without a warrant. The evidence had to be pretty overwhelming.
She states that stress, fear and the police lying lead to this decision to drop charges. Nelly being released without charge means that the state did not pick up charges. In my jurisdiction if we have PC to arrest and we already have the evidence we will move forward with the case anyway so the stress is off the victim. They did not do that in that case.
Lastly, I try to stay neutral and examine facts. Nelly has money and who knows what actually went down, we will never know the truth of it. Women are sexually assaulted at a very alarming rate and many never go reported. Do not ever call a victim of sexual assault a liar unless you know KNOW!!! 100% that they are lying. The damage caused to a person who is a victim that is treated like a suspect is irreversible and you will never know the pain that person is going through.
Just because others have done it does not mean she was doing this for money. The rich also use those that have done this as a shield. It’s why politicians and celebrities or those in power have gotten away with it for so long. Then you get a Cosby.
Have a good one people!
Last edit:
She notes her information was to remain private. A sexual assault victim is given the option to use a pseudonym form and not use their real name. Though the court, the attorneys and all know who the victim is. Looks like the police promised this then failed to deliver.
Soupiscold on October 14th, 2017 at 09:30 UTC »
How does this work? So Weinstein gets accused of rape and multiple upon multiple accounts of sexual harassment, and noting happens. Nelly gets accused of rape by one woman and he gets arrested?