Opinion ID: 2514669
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The April 9, 2004 late night incident

Text: Kassebeer, Andrew Kim, and Christopher Freitas were driving around Waik&imacr;k&imacr; on the night of April 9, 2004, when they saw the complainant's truck going towards the Hilton Hawai`ian Village (the Hilton). They followed the truck to the Hilton because Kassebeer suspected that the complainant was driving to rendezvous with another man, but she was in fact going there to pick up Hashimoto-Matautia, who worked in one of the stores located within the Hilton. At the Hilton, Kassebeer attempted to talk with the complainant, who refused to roll down her window. Kassebeer noticed that the complainant had a black eye and an injured lip, so he inquired as to how she received the injuries, but the complainant became upset and told Kassebeer to leave her alone. The complainant attempted to drive off, which prompted Kassebeer to jump into the bed of her truck; eventually, she allowed him to enter the truck. Once inside the truck, Kassebeer renewed his inquiry with respect to her injuries, and she responded that she had fallen down some stairs at a nightclub. When Hashimoto-Matautia arrived at the scene, Kassebeer asked her how the complainant had received the injuries, to which Hashimoto-Matautia responded that the complainant had fallen off a stool at her house. Kassebeer testified that these conflicting accounts regarding the cause of the complainant's injuries led him to suspect that the complainant and Hashimoto-Matautia were hiding something. The complainant and Hashimoto-Matautia testified that Kassebeer declared that, if he could not have the complainant, then no one could and that he would make everyone's life miserable. Hashimoto-Matautia and the complainant left the Hilton in the complainant's truck, but Kassebeer and his friends followed them. According to the complainant's and Hashimoto-Matautia's testimony, Kassebeer phoned the complainant and accused her of dating one of Hashimoto-Matautia's co-workers. In his testimony, Kassebeer denied making the phone call. After unsuccessfully trying to elude Kassebeer's car, the complainant drove back to the Hilton, where she called the police. However, by the time the police arrived, Kassebeer was nowhere to be found.