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A federal air marshal has been charged with raping a female escort at gunpoint in a Seattle airport hotel while wearing his badge, the Seattle Times reported.
A federal air marshal has been charged with raping a female escort at gunpoint in a Seattle airport hotel while wearing his badge, the Seattle Times reported.
Lecheton "Omar" Settles is being held on $250,000 bail on a charge of first-degree rape, accused of using his position as a law enforcement officer to coerce the escort — and of using his government-issued firearm to threaten her, the paper reported.
Settles, 30, was in town from Herndon, Va., on official business but called an escort service to his Marriot Hotel room Friday, initially agreeing to pay the woman $180 to perform a dance in lingerie, according to court documents accessed by the Times.
But when the woman emerged from the the Sea Tac hotel's bathroom, she found Settles naked, wearing only his badge and brandishing his gun, according to the newspaper. Settles claimed to be a U.S. Marshal and told the woman she had to do whatever he ordered.
The court documents state that Settles placed the handgun on the bed while he raped the woman and demanded the return of his $180, placing her in handcuffs and pretending to call his supervisor after the rape, the Times reported.
Settles, who is scheduled to be arraigned April 28, has been fired by the TSA, a spokesman told the paper.
Green Light
04-22-2010, 16:49
I worked at the Herndon site supporting these guys. That name sounds familiar. They also had a supervisor getting his "trailor hitch polished" by a female in his squad. The worst thing about it was that the whole thing was caught on video by the parking lot security cameras. They're both gone. He'd also approached one of my intel analysts. She declined and called the investigators.
Most FAMs are pretty good guys, but they have blisterheads that do this type of mess from time to time.
ZonieDiver
04-22-2010, 17:08
But when the woman emerged from the the Sea Tac hotel's bathroom, she found Settles naked, wearing only his badge and brandishing his gun,
First of all, I always have my gun with me when I am naked! (all other times, too)
Secondly, IF he was naked, how the hell was he "wearing" his badge? Ouch...:D
Thirdly... $180 for a "lingerie dance" - wow, times surely have changed.
greenberetTFS
04-22-2010, 17:16
First of all, I always have my gun with me when I am naked! (all other times, too)
Secondly, IF he was naked, how the hell was he "wearing" his badge? Ouch...:D
Thirdly... $180 for a "lingerie dance" - wow, times surely have changed.
Zonie's point is well taken,where was he wearing his badge if he was naked?:confused:
Big Teddy :munchin
AngelsSix
04-22-2010, 17:19
What a loser!
Utah Bob
04-22-2010, 17:57
Zonie's point is well taken,where was he wearing his badge if he was naked?:confused:
Big Teddy :munchin
Neck chain. Standard plain clothes issue. In this case..no clothes. She didn't say if he had the hat on.
They deserve one another.
I wonder if this fine upstanding poor lady-victim would have complained had the idiot NOT taken his money back.
Maybe they could have used him on one of those all nude flights. 'Course, it's kind of hard to buckle up when you have your head up your a$$.
Thirdly... $180 for a "lingerie dance" - wow, times surely have changed.
You'd be shocked at what inflation has done to prices in the escort business.
ZonieDiver
04-23-2010, 12:22
:DI wonder what "they" charge in the Siboney Bar in Colon, RP these days? It used to be a hell of a lot less than $180 for a hell of a lot more than a "lingerie dance" - whatever that is.
They deserve one another.I do not agree. No one deserves to be raped under any circumstances.
My $0.02.
Last hard class
04-23-2010, 12:58
:DI wonder what "they" charge in the Siboney Bar in Colon, RP these days? It used to be a hell of a lot less than $180 for a hell of a lot more than a "lingerie dance" - whatever that is.
2 John Wayne bars and a pair of old jungle boots in trade :)
Utah Bob
04-23-2010, 22:31
I do not agree. No one deserves to be raped under any circumstances.
My $0.02.
Correct. Assuming the rape took place.
Thanks for the price update, I'll need to bring more money with me when I go there.
Love this stuff..
AL
:munchin
Kyobanim
04-24-2010, 05:44
They deserve one another.
I wonder if this fine upstanding poor lady-victim would have complained had the idiot NOT taken his money back.
Maybe they could have used him on one of those all nude flights. 'Course, it's kind of hard to buckle up when you have your head up your a$$.
I take it you have a problem with this woman. Does her choice of profession not please you?
The Reaper
04-24-2010, 07:55
Convicted already, by an internet jury.:rolleyes:
Anyone wonder if the initial report is correct and all of the facts are in?
Good thing it wasn't a stripper, sexually assaulted by a lacrosse team.
TR
I guess I find it curoius that a woman would accept $180 to do a lingerie dance in a guys hotel room and find it surprising that the guy turns out to be a rapist. I further wonder what the guy was doing while she was dancing...sitting there reading ... maybe with his Gideon in his hand?
She can choose whatever profession she wants, but there are risks with the one she chose. Absolutely the guy should be keelhauled and set adrift, but IMHO she's not much better than he is. What did she expect? How long has this lady (?) been in this profession (?)? Was this the first time she ran into a nut-job after doing a gig? Rape is assault, not sex. Was this lady (?) assaulted or was she just ripped off?
They deserve one another.
Defender968
04-24-2010, 11:56
I guess I find it curoius that a woman would accept $180 to do a lingerie dance in a guys hotel room and find it surprising that the guy turns out to be a rapist. I further wonder what the guy was doing while she was dancing...sitting there reading ... maybe with his Gideon in his hand?
She can choose whatever profession she wants, but there are risks with the one she chose. Absolutely the guy should be keelhauled and set adrift, but IMHO she's not much better than he is. What did she expect? How long has this lady (?) been in this profession (?)? Was this the first time she ran into a nut-job after doing a gig? Rape is assault, not sex. Was this lady (?) assaulted or was she just ripped off?
Ok first rape is wrong....now with that in mind I've been to both types of calls, real honest to god rapes, and thefts of goods/services. I can think of one in particular of the later, she was a working girl, not roughed up, a few tears I'd say were manufactured for our benefit if I were a betting man, no visible signs of assault, a fight, or even any defensive wounds, no signs of an adrenaline dump normally associated with a traumatic/violent event....no shaking hands or elevated breathing even though we were on scene very quickly after the alleged event. She was upset, but without the angst that I've seen in the actual rapes. Again just my experience but most times the actual rape victim will immediately question what she could have done to prevent it from happening, when that aspect is absent along with tell tale signs of a working girl I'm inclined to wonder if it was an actual rape, as opposed to the theft of goods/services… which I might add is also illegal in my ao. Not making a commentary here but I know for a fact that some working girls will scream rape if they don’t get paid…not saying by any stretch of the imagination that all rapes are that way, just that it does happen. Just my .02.
Oh yea and this guy is a moron either way and shouldn't be carrying a badge, if he makes that bad a decision in his personal life I would question his professional decisions as well.
greenberetTFS
04-24-2010, 12:23
I do not agree. No one deserves to be raped under any circumstances.
My $0.02.
He's absolutely right......................:(
Big Teddy :munchin
LibraryLady
04-24-2010, 12:45
They deserve one another...
Wow. Interesting attitude you got there.
I do not agree. No one deserves to be raped under any circumstances.
My $0.02.
I'll add my $0.02 to yours, Sigabab.
Just so no one thinks I'm a bleeding heart liberal feminist - I'll be the first to throw a stone at the ones who cry rape falsely.
As for the OP, it will be interesting to see how this plays out in court when ALL the facts, not just what the media decides to print, are presented.
LL
LL:
Yep, sorry if I irritate the sensitive side of folks, but IMHO when a woman chooses to do a lingerie dance for hire with a man she doesn't know alone in a hotel room she is taking quite a risk, and I suspect that she was well aware of all the risks involved. I doubt she is a ballerina just trying to make it through dance school. If, as you said, in the absence of media driven baloney the truth proves beyond a reasonable doubt that she was honestly providing simple dance services per her contract, then she is not a contributor to the scenario, and old clown-boy goes it alone. OTOH, if she was actually robbed of goods and prostitution services then IMHO she is no better than the slime she considered her "client" (who BTW is an POS who deserves the full fury of the law). Just because a woman crys rape in the company of such an idiot does not mean the offense actually happened. Too many times men good and bad have been saddled as rapists when what they did was make a dim witted selfish dame angry. Oh, well. "Attitude"? yes, I guess I have one. My attitude is that if the woman flaunts her sexuality in front of a man she doesn't know in a hotel room alone then she shouldn't be surprised what the guy turns out to be.
Rant over.
Hope I didn't chap anyones butt. If I did I apologize.
Ret10Echo
04-25-2010, 05:08
Convicted already,
Good thing it wasn't a stripper, sexually assaulted by a lacrosse team.
TR
That stings a little doesn't it......
Seems like some of the furor in the press is quieting, at least here on the far side of the continent the story is slipping. Ultimately it turns back into a courtroom he-said, she-said and the stage presence of a group of lawyers.
SparseCandy
04-25-2010, 09:01
LL:
Yep, sorry if I irritate the sensitive side of folks, but IMHO when a woman chooses to do a lingerie dance for hire with a man she doesn't know alone in a hotel room she is taking quite a risk, and I suspect that she was well aware of all the risks involved. I doubt she is a ballerina just trying to make it through dance school. If, as you said, in the absence of media driven baloney the truth proves beyond a reasonable doubt that she was honestly providing simple dance services per her contract, then she is not a contributor to the scenario, and old clown-boy goes it alone. OTOH, if she was actually robbed of goods and prostitution services then IMHO she is no better than the slime she considered her "client" (who BTW is an POS who deserves the full fury of the law). Just because a woman crys rape in the company of such an idiot does not mean the offense actually happened. Too many times men good and bad have been saddled as rapists when what they did was make a dim witted selfish dame angry. Oh, well. "Attitude"? yes, I guess I have one. My attitude is that if the woman flaunts her sexuality in front of a man she doesn't know in a hotel room alone then she shouldn't be surprised what the guy turns out to be.
Rant over.
Larry, do you realize that what you just said is the same attitude that many religions use to justify keeping women covered? Blaming the victim is wrong no matter who the victim was or what he/she was doing. A woman should be able to walk down the street naked and shaking her rear end without fear of being forced to have sex against her will. For that matter she should be able to go to a bar, promise a guy sex, get back to her place and naked and then change her mind and have her wishes respected. Once we start down the path of "oh, the force was o.k. because of what the victim was saying / wearing / doing" we have headed down a very slippery slope.
Like LibraryLady, I am the first to throw stones at women who cry rape falsely. I'm not saying that rape happened in this case - I wasn't there. But if it did, her choice of occupation doesn't somehow make it o.k. for force.
Kyobanim
04-25-2010, 09:14
It might be that her choice of work is all she can find in this economy to support her kids. Ever think of that? It's all over the news, single moms laid off, can't find a job, start dancing/stripping/escorting, whatever it takes to feed their kids. Some people will do whatever it takes to survive.
Dancing in lingerie is a far cry from hooking, and it's legal.
I suppose you would rather they hit the welfare line, hmm?
If it turns out it's rape they should hang him.
If it tuns out she's a hooker that got raped they should hang him.
If she's lying, she should pay
Utah Bob
04-25-2010, 10:02
.......
If it turns out it's rape they should hang him.
If it tuns out she's a hooker that got raped they should hang him.
If she's lying, she should pay
Yup. That's what it boils down to.
Defender968
04-25-2010, 10:51
It might be that her choice of work is all she can find in this economy to support her kids. Ever think of that? It's all over the news, single moms laid off, can't find a job, start dancing/stripping/escorting, whatever it takes to feed their kids. Some people will do whatever it takes to survive.
Dancing in lingerie is a far cry from hooking, and it's legal.
I suppose you would rather they hit the welfare line, hmm?
If it turns out it's rape they should hang him.
If it tuns out she's a hooker that got raped they should hang him.
If she's lying, she should pay
Completely concur.
Peregrino
04-25-2010, 11:01
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Hopefully a criminal court will determine the facts in the rape case and punish/vindicate accordingly. I'm less concerned about the rape allegations than I am about the abuse implied by the reported circumstances. It's the use of his badge/gun/position to engage in morally reprehensible conduct (even without the alleged rape) that profoundly disturbs me. He violated the public trust. As far as I'm concerned, he should be rewarded with a life sentence in general population at a maximum security facility. Without time off for good behaviour.
Yes - I hold anyone with the gov't sanctioned power of life and death to a higher standard.
Larry, do you realize that what you just said is the same attitude that many religions use to justify keeping women covered? Blaming the victim is wrong no matter who the victim was or what he/she was doing.
No, I don't realize that. I guess I'm not smart enough to get your point.
Considering that a woman who dances in her underwear in a hotel room in front of a man she doesn't know does not equate to her religion, does it? Am I being politically INcorrect again?
Absolutely the guy should be hanged if it was rape, regardless. Rape is assault. Period. If she's lying then, of course, she should get the shaft. I guess I'm being told that a man some how could actually be a victim...? If a woman decides to perform a lingerie dance for a strange man in a hotel room I can't help but conclude (from my upbringing) that the woman is running the risk of being assaulted. In that case does that support the man doing the assault...? Hell, no. The argument I'm hearing in this thread is that there was a rape only becasue this woman cried rape and the man was wearing a badge and carrying a gun.
Sorry, y'all. I still think they are both without virtue.
LibraryLady
04-26-2010, 17:30
No, I don't realize that. I guess I'm not smart enough to get your point...
... Sorry, y'all. I still think they are both without virtue.
Just because you (and incidentally me) think they are without virtue does not mean they should be treated by the rest of the world as such.
SparseCandy and Kyobanim really hit the nail on the head.
The truth of what happened in that hotel room may never be known. There are two witnesses - and they both believe they know what happened in that room - never mind that their versions are different. It will all be played out in court and obscured by ten tons of legalese.
LL
AngelsSix
04-26-2010, 19:24
Just because you (and incidentally me) think they are without virtue does not mean they should be treated by the rest of the world as such.
SparseCandy and Kyobanim really hit the nail on the head.
The truth of what happened in that hotel room may never be known. There are two witnesses - and they both believe they know what happened in that room - never mind that their versions are different. It will all be played out in court and obscured by ten tons of legalese.
LL
Right on!!
Uncle everyone...old vernacular nutty is taking it on the lamb.
(Doubt if I'll be picked to replace Justice Stevens.)
Dozer523
04-27-2010, 06:43
Uncle everyone... And . . . the board is green, the pig boater dives! Ahhhh Ugggg Ahhhh
(good for you Larry, live to fight another day. They don't call it Silent Service for nothin')
Green Light
04-27-2010, 08:28
Prime Minister Churchill, as usual, had too much to drink at a dinner party for the British upper crust. Spying a busty matron in the corner, he sauntered over to make conversation. After several minutes of polite conversation, this ensued:
Churchill: Madam, I have a hypothetical question for you. If I offered you one million pounds sterling, would you spend the night with me?
Matron: Sir Winston, I'd have to think about that. I'm not sure.
Churchill: Well then, would you spend the night with me for ten pounds?
Matron: CERTAINLY NOT! Sir Winston, what do you think I am?
Churchill: Madam, we have already established what you are, we are merely haggling over the price.
And so it is with these sordid tales of late night rentals. We know what it is, we just don't have the details of the contract.
:D:D
Thanks, Dozer. At any time one has to be ready for battle surface for gun action port or starboard.
Yes what she does is inherently dangerous, but these days -- so is waiting for a bus at night in downtown Detroit, which I do all the time.
You don't wait for that bus in your lingerie, do you?
NGrl: My bet is you'd miss your bus, and during the interim become intimately familiar with people you had not expected to meet.
But even being a lingerie dancer -- she was consenting only to dance in her lingerie, not to sex. Rape is still rape if it's "against her will and without her consent."
I think we're in violent agreement re: rape-is-still-rape, regardless. However, Counselor, I invite your attention to your assumption that "she was consenting only to dance in her lingerie, not to sex". That appears to be a conclusion based only on her claim, and that he was found standing about in his altogether wearing a badge and carrying a gun.
It's that old he-said/she-said thing. The truth is out with the bath water, and we'll probably never know what that is.
IMO,
I don't think very highly of any male abusing any women under any circumstance nor a federal agent knowingly committing a crime (under color or not) nor making false charges of a crime.
As pointed out, the courts will have to figure out whom is more believable.
Though I believe, most of the time people put themselves into circumstances by actions or decisions they choose to make, and rightly or not, must live with the result of such actions or decisions. That pertains to both parties.