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

Heading: Hawai`i

Text: LI testified that when she and Behrendt lived at the Kamani Trees house, SI would sleep in bed with them. [Behrendt] was starting to act very jealous and he and SI were always together and were still taking showers together. When LI talked to Behrendt about taking showers with SI, he got upset with me and grabbed me by the arm and started shaking me and telling me I was selfish and I was ruining everything [that] he wanted to do. And I was interfering with both of them. LI also noticed that [t]hey started kissing and [Behrendt] started holding her hand, putting his arms around her and, you know, just like a boyfriend and girlfriend[.] LI testified that when she asked him about it, He just told me that he  you know, it was his culture and that I was ruining his culture because he's Native American. And that in the mainland, they used to do that all the time, that they used to hold hands and nobody said anything. And now that we moved down here, that everybody's saying something and, you know, it was wrong for them to do it. ... When they moved to the Aloha Kona house, sometimes LI would wake up early in the morning and Behrendt would be in SI's curtained-off bedroom. Behrendt told her that SI was braiding his hair. Also, Behrendt would get upset when she or others in her family would say something to him about how he was acting towards [SI]. When they moved to the Pumehana house, Behrendt and SI got closer and [h]e was always around her all the time. ... you couldn't separate them. They also started wearing rings together. LI and Behrendt had a daughter in June 2004, and Behrendt told LI that he wanted SI to be called mom also. LI tried to get Behrendt to move to the mainland, but he did not want to move unless SI moved with them. In November 2004, LI moved to Washington and lived with her cousin for a few months. LI returned to Hawai`i on January 11, 2005, and moved back in with Behrendt on the 23rd. Behrendt told LI that he and SI had gotten in a fight about something when they were in the car and that he hit her with the back of his hand. After LI moved in, she never saw SI with Behrendt. LI testified that SI told her about her sexual relationship with Behrendt in March 2006, and LI called the police. Afterwards, LI and her daughter moved back to the Pumehana house.