Gilbert Sutherland

*"You're telling me she's not 18??"-* Gilbert playing dumb.

Sutherland's Riverside mugshot

**Gilbert Tito Sutherland Jr.** is an unaired potential predator caught in the Riverside, California edition of **To Catch a Predator.** He is best known for his initially arrogant denial of the situation during his interview.

## Chat

A Perverted Justice volunteer by the name of Sarah Oliver constructed an internet profile for a made-up 13-year-old girl named "Eve" with the screen name "Eveaintsogreat." On December 23, 2005, Gilbert Tito Sutherland Jr., a 26-year-old man, who went under the screen name "Kingspade1714," made contact with "Eve". A Perverted Justice volunteer by the name of Sarah Oliver constructed an internet profile for a made-up 13-year-old girl named "Eve" with the screen name "Eveaintsogreat." Sutherland misrepresented his age, saying he was 21. He asked the decoy if he could come over in a matter of minutes. He said he wanted to kiss her and enquired as to whether or not she was a virgin. The next day, Sutherland inquired about the decoy's height and weight. When the decoy asked what he wanted to do, Sutherland replied, "You."

He enquired as to how many guys the decoy had engaged in sexual activity before stating that he wanted to be her "lucky #2." He then asked the dummy if she had ever engaged in oral sex before declaring his desire to lick her vagina. He then signaled that he wanted her to perform oral sex on her and the suck on her breasts. Then Sutherland declared that he wanted to make the decoy orgasm really bad. A few days later, Sutherland demanded oral sex from the decoy once more, asked that she be naked in her bed when he arrived, and revealed that he had a foot fetish. He also said he wanted the decoy to be his "own lil sex slave." He tried to ask the decoy if he could massage her feet with oil. He claimed that he could orgasm on her face or mouth after having sex. Sutherland informed the decoy that she would strip him naked and have oral sex with him the moment when they met.

## Confrontation with Chris Hansen

When Sutherland got to the sting house, he immediately went after the decoy. Chris Hansen publicly instructed Sutherland to take a seat as a result of this. Sutherland lied about his name, claiming to be "Shawn."  When questioned about the girl's age, he said she was 18. Sutherland then pretended to be shocked and claimed he was unaware of her age. He said she informed him over the phone that she was 18 years old.  Sutherland stated he would just hang around and progress their relationship further if she was over 18. Sutherland insisted that when Chris showed him the conversation logs, he had questioned the girl if she was underage and that she had replied that she was 18.

When asked what his plan was, Sutherland replied that he would wait and "see what happens." He insisted that it was his first encounter with a minor. Sutherland gave up denying and simply concurred with Chris's statement while continuing to be in shock about what was taking place. Chris would psychologically attack Sutherland by asking him if he remembers how he was when he was 13 and if he was ready for something like this at that age after explaining what the age of consent is. Sutherland suddenly jumped up and made beeline for the door as Chris identified himself and the cameras came out.

### Police search

Sutherland's body and his vehicle were searched by senior investigator Steven Welch. In Sutherland's jacket pocket, he discovered two condoms. Welch found a piece of paper with the address on it on the front passenger seat of his car. Also, he found the pornographic video "Large Natural Breasts." He discovered a disposable camera and a graphic video "Gang Bang a Teen" in the rear pocket of the right passenger seat.

## Aftermath

Sutherland was charged with attempted lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age and attempted oral copulation with a minor under 14 years of age and more than a 10 year age difference between victim and offender, both felonies. His bail was set at $50,000.

### Trial

Sutherland made an effort to postpone his trial as long as he could. Even at the last minute, he said he would accept a plea deal, but later changed his mind. Sutherland stated at trial that he never once believed he was conversing with a 13-year-old girl, despite "Eve's" claim that she was that age. He further stated in his testimony that on the day of his arrest, he had second thoughts about visiting Eve's home, but after Eve "begged" him to do so by calling him three or four times, he made up his mind to go. Due to hearsay concerns, the prosecutor objected to his testimony regarding the contents of the phone calls, and the trial court upheld the objections.

When the evidence in the trial had been heard, Sutherland asked that the jurors be instructed on the entrapment defense. The defense only applied when law enforcement or its agent acted in a way that compelled the defendant to commit an act, according to the trial court, which rejected the motion after a hearing on the grounds that Perverted Justice was not a law enforcement agent and the evidence did not support the instruction.

### Sentence

In the end, Sutherland was found guilty on both of the felony charges he was up against in late 2009 after trying to fight his case for almost four years. In February 2010, he was sentenced to one year in county jail, three years of probation, and was ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

## Appeal

Sutherland argued that when the trial judge rejected his request to advise the jury on entrapment, it went against both his state and federal constitutional rights to due process. He further argued that by rejecting his move to continue the trial, the trial court misused its discretion. The trial court determined that the appeal was predicated on a conjectural allegation that an officer who wasn't called as a witness had filed a fictitious complaint against another officer in a case unconnected to Sutherland's trial. The trial judge rejected the request for a continuance, saying that postponing the trial to look into a rumored false claim that an officer had not been called as a witness in a case unrelated to Sutherland's would be a waste of judicial resources. The trial court would affirm Sutherland's verdict.

## Gallery

Sutherland's 2021 RSO photoSutherland's latest RSO mugshot. He's looked better
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://casetext.com/case/people-v-sutherland-50
2. ↑ http://www.perverted-justice.com/booking/bookingcollage.html
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://www.perverted-justice.com/?con=kingspade1714
4. ↑ https://dairystatedegenerates.blogspot.com/2020/10/to-catch-predator-update-riverside-part.html
5. ↑ https://meganslaw.ca.gov/OffenderDisplay.aspx?searchby=offender&ID=18610057N4866&NSOPRFlag=True&x=97fda435-a270-4c35-aebc-c236c92c128e