Opinion ID: 870427
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Return to Hawai`i

Text: Behrendt, LI and SI returned to Hawai`i in September 2002, when SI was fourteen years old. SI testified that around that time, she started liking [Behrendt], because he was there for [her] and they had a [f]riendship where SI told him everything[,] he bought her things and would stick up for her. SI was home schooled in Hawai`i, and Behrendt was the only person SI got along with because her family was broken apart and didn't get along.
SI, Behrendt and LI moved into the Kamani Trees house, along with SI's parents, her older brother (Brother) and Brother's children. During this time, SI slept in the same bed as LI and Behrendt. SI and Behrendt continued to have sexual intercourse approximately three to five times per month in both the bedroom and the bathroom. SI specifically recounted the first time they had intercourse at Kamani Trees, in which Behrendt turned [her] around and [] had sexual intercourse with [her] in the back[,] while LI slept next to them. SI also testified that they also had oral sex [a]nytime [they] would have sexual intercourse[,] where she would just lick him or [] would suck on his dick.
SI, Behrendt, and LI next lived at the Aloha Kona house from February 2003 until April or May 2004, with SI's parents, Brother and Brother's children. SI's bedroom consisted of a curtained-off area of the living room. Behrendt would come into her bedroom early in the morning, SI would braid his hair, she and Behrendt would talk and he would tell SI [h]ow much he loved [her]. They continued to have sexual intercourse once or twice a week in SI's curtained-off room and sometimes in the bedroom Behrendt and LI shared. Behrendt would also drive SI to a nearby construction site and they had sex in the back of the car. SI and LI hardly spoke because they were fighting [for] attention from Bear and [LI] had a feeling of something that was going on between the two of us. Behrendt, who was of Native American ancestry, told SI to call him [h]igna[,] which was the Lakota name for husband. Behrendt told SI that in his Lakota culture, they had two wives who were sisters. SI felt like that [Behrendt] could be my husband. That I loved him. And ... I was confused. After living in the Aloha Kona house, SI moved with her parents, LI and Behrendt to a house on Painted Church Road in Kona, and she and Behrendt had sexual intercourse in one of the rooms of the house.
In May 2004, when SI was fifteen years old, LI, Behrendt, and SI moved into the Pumehana House, along with SI and LI's parents, Brother, and Brother's children, and lived there until November 2004. SI and Behrendt continued to have sexual intercourse about once a month. Again, a curtained-off area served as SI's bedroom, and SI continued to braid Behrendt's hair and then he would want to have a quickie or something. They would also have sex in rental cars from Behrendt's workplace, SI's mother's car, and once at a storage place nearby where Behrendt had SI bent over the back seat[.] Also, about one month before SI's sixteenth birthday, Behrendt took her in a rental car to a construction site in Kaloko, they had sexual intercourse, and Behrendt asked her if she wanted to have anal intercourse and she [s]hrugged. Behrendt then attempt[ed] it and put his penis in [her] anal, [her] butt.
SI testified that four or five months after she turned sixteen, she moved out of the Pumehana house and in with a friend, Gabby, and Gabby's father for a few months until her family drama cooled down. At this time, LI moved to the mainland, and Behrendt moved out of the Pumehana house and into the Crazy Horse Apartments in Kona. SI moved in with Behrendt, and started dating a boy named Brandon. She and Behrendt had arguments about Brandon because [Behrendt] didn't want [her] to be going out with [him].
SI testified that she had a disagreement with Behrendt on January 17, 2005 in the Crazy Horse apartment after SI told him that she didn't want to have sex with him anymore because she was dating Brandon. SI tried to get out of the apartment but Behrendt pulled [her] back and threw [her] to the ground and straddled [her] down. SI screamed and tried to break free, but Behrendt told her to [b]e quiet[,] slapped her on the face and arm, unzipped himself and [] took out his penis[,] and told SI he was going to get her pregnant. SI eventually ran out of the apartment, but Behrendt brought her back. They got into Behrendt's car and continued to struggle, and Behrendt slapped her. SI testified that she was scared that Behrendt may kill her. Finally, Behrendt dropped SI off at Gabby's house, SI called Brandon to pick her up, and Brandon's parents called the police. SI testified that the police arrived a day and a half later in response to SI being reported a runaway, and took SI to the station. She told police Behrendt hit her and that she had bruises on her arm and her ribs hurt, but did not tell them about their sexual relationship because she didn't want him to go to jail.
On March 22, 2006, Behrendt came into Jamba Juice where SI worked, and when SI saw him, she became upset. SI's boss asked her what was wrong, and SI told her about her sexual history and relationship with Behrendt. SI next told LI, who went to the police.