Opinion ID: 807518
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: k.t.

Text: The PSR reported that K.T., the same 17-year-old whose transmittal of a suggestive underwear picture supported defendant’s Count Three conviction for attempted production of child pornography, see supra Part I.A.1.a, claimed that Broxmeyer had raped her at the Sportsplex on the night of December 21, 2007. The girl reported the assault that same night when she went with her parents to a Binghamton hospital to seek treatment. There, she told police that, earlier that day, she had asked Broxmeyer to pick her and a friend up at a local mall.6 Broxmeyer took K.T. and her friend J.B., another 17-year-old field hockey player, to the Sportsplex, the site of the assault on K.M. a few weeks earlier, claiming he had work to do there. Soon after their arrival, Broxmeyer started tickling K.T. and tried to remove her pants. K.T. protested that she was not consenting to any sexual activity and threatened to report Broxmeyer to the police. Broxmeyer persisted, ultimately penetrating K.T.’s vagina 6 Text messages made a part of the sentencing record by Broxmeyer show that he and K.T. had exchanged a number of sexually suggestive communications throughout the day of the assault, including a message in which Broxmeyer proposed playing “naked fh [i.e., “field hockey”]” at the Sportsplex. In other communications earlier that day with a teacher who urged K.T. to report Broxmeyer’s misconduct to authorities, K.T. had already referred to Broxmeyer as a “raper,” stating that she did intend to report him, but not right away, as she needed his help obtaining a college scholarship to play field hockey. 11 with his penis.7 According to K.T., the assault ended when she bit Broxmeyer and kicked him in the groin. Nevertheless, K.T. and her friend allowed Broxmeyer to take them home, and soon after, Broxmeyer sent K.T. repeated apologetic text messages.8 When police questioned Broxmeyer in the early hours of the next morning, he admitted being at the Sportsplex the night before with K.T. and J.B. and to tickling K.T. He denied ever having any sexual contact with K.T., or any other girls, although he admitted sending K.T. nude pictures of himself and receiving pictures from her in return. In fact, Broxmeyer subsequently acknowledged other sexual activity with K.T., but maintained that it was consensual. That other activity, which K.T. had already disclosed in her December 22 police interview, occurred on December 7, 2007. K.T. told police that on that day Broxmeyer had invited her and J.B. to his apartment, purportedly to discuss college. There, Broxmeyer took K.T. into his bedroom, where, after kissing and fondling the girl, he took off his pants and had K.T. stimulate him with her hand until he ejaculated.9 7 A forensic examination performed on December 21 found traces of Broxmeyer’s semen on K.T.’s belt buckle, but not in her vagina. Broxmeyer’s saliva was also found in the girl’s ear. 8 In a 9:51 p.m. message, Broxmeyer told K.T., “Sorry if you are mad that is th[e] last thing I wanted.” A minute later, he wrote, “I would never knowing[ly] do something to hurt you[.] I really thought we were just playing again[.] I am really sorry.” At 9:55, Broxmeyer sent a message stating, “Just tell me you don’t have [i.e., “hate”] me please.” 9 At sentencing, Broxmeyer’s counsel suggested that the undeniable presence of defendant’s semen on K.T.’s belt buckle on December 21 was attributable to this incident two weeks earlier. 12