Opinion ID: 2075944
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: Six pimps who had gang-raped W.D. and her sister.[5]

Text: Although some of W.D.'s claimed experiences, especially those with pimps, may well go with the lifestyle, the records on their face provide substantial reason to question the veracity of some of her allegations. [6] With respect to her half-brother Hank, W.D. alleged at different times that he had sex with her (1) weekly since she was twelve; (2) a total of four or five times; and (3) never. W.D.'s allegations that a 22-year old counsellor at Juvenile Horizons had inappropriately stroked her butt was particularly suspect. It was investigated by the police and by the Juvenile Horizons authorities, and a comprehensive report was prepared by the latter. The counsellor had come to Juvenile Horizons with excellent references, and had worked with young women before. The writer of the report interviewed two psychiatrists, a psychologist, the program director, the staff supervisor, and three separate social workers, including the one primarily assigned to work with W.D. Without exception, these individuals doubted W.D.'s veracity, largely because, as those who had worked with her unanimously agreed, she had a history of making false allegations in the past. Dr. Madamala, a staff psychiatrist at a Child Guidance Clinic, reported that W.D. is a very angry child who has lied to the J.H. staff several times in the past. Ms. Pruden, the program director, related that W.D. had lied to the staff in the past and was probably lying in the report about child abuse. Ms. Arenson, W.D.'s primary social worker, stated that in the past [W.D.] had lied and exaggerated stories in order to get attention. Ms. Dawkins, another social worker, related that W.D. has a history of making up stories, and that it is her style to make up accusations as a power play. Mr. Lord, the staff supervisor, stated that he took W.D.'s accusations with a grain of salt because of past questionable allegations by her, and that he believed the accused counsellor's denials. Dr. Reed, who conducted a psychological evaluation of W.D., found that she was able to scare and intimidate people with her hostile physical and verbal aggression, and concluded that W.D.'s objective and reality testing is very tenuous and at least moderately impaired. Dr. Arnold, who also examined W.D., reported on her exaggeration of symptoms, lack of cooperation, rebelliousness and anti-authority feelings. Dr. Gendron of the Fairview Hospital Adolescent Treatment Program stated that W.D. had a history of aggressivity and blaming. One psychiatrist reported that W.D. had an impaired sense of reality. Unsurprisingly, in light of the foregoing assessments of W.D., the complaint was closed as unable to substantiate, or unsubstantiated. The treatment team found reason to suspect that the incident may have occurred, but deemed the evidence insufficient in the absence of corroboration. [7] The most recent of W.D.'s complaints in Minnesota was made in March of 1985; she reported that a pimp had forced her to have sex and to work the streets as a prostitute. [8] According to her deposition testimony in her civil suit, W.D. then travelled with a pimp in a brown Cadillac to Detroit, Chicago, New York and Washington, working as a prostitute in all of these cities. [9] In May 1985, she was arrested in Washington on a charge of soliciting for prostitution. She gave the police a false name [10] and lied about her age. [11] She was being held at the District of Columbia jail following this arrest at the time of her encounter with Roundtree.