Opinion ID: 870427
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Sister

Text: Sister testified that when complainant moved to South Dakota to live with her and Petitioner, Petitioner took care of her after school, before sister got home from work. [6] According to sister, Petitioner said that he was showering with complainant at the indoor pool showers at their apartment, as well as taking showers together in the house. Sister related that she advised Petitioner that it was inappropriate to take showers with complainant. Prior to moving back to Hawai'i, sister observed Petitioner kissing complainant and putting his arms around her ... [acting] just like a boyfriend and girlfriend. Also, sister indicated that she, Petitioner, and complainant visited a cousin in Washington, and while there, all three slept in the same bed. According to sister, during the visit, she noticed that Petitioner and complainant were acting weird with each other[,] so she stayed up to observe them. While in bed, sister heard Petitioner tell complainant to get on top of him, to which complainant responded that she would not. However, sister then saw [complainant] on top of [Petitioner] and heard complainant say ouch. When asked if she confronted Petitioner that night, sister stated that she did not because she was so nervous that she didn't know what to do and was scared of the fact of what was happening. The next morning sister asked complainant if there was anything going on between her and Petitioner, to which complainant responded that there was not. According to sister, the sexual relationship between complainant and Petitioner continued while in Hawai`i. After moving back to Hawai'i, sister confronted Petitioner about his involvement with complainant, to which he responded that it was his culture and that [sister] was ruining his culture because he's Native American. And that in the mainland, they used to do that all the time, hold hands and nobody said anything. Sister testified that, in Hawai'i, [w]herever [Petitioner and complainant] went, they were always together. They were always holding hands. You know, his arms was [sic] always around her or her arms around him. And they were still taking showers together. When she asked Petitioner about this, sister stated he became upset, telling [her] that [she] was selfish and [she] was ruining everything... he wanted to do. And that [she] was interfering with both of them. Sister also indicated that Petitioner had tried to home school complainant, and was taking complainant to work with him because, according to him, she didn't want to be around the family. Sister observed that, at the Aloha Kona house, Petitioner would regularly go into complainant's area in the living room in the middle of the night to be with her.