But Smith’s attorney, Christopher Norris, argued that there was no way for the judge to know what actually happened based only on police reports and witness accounts. Smith claims the woman was a prostitute who was willing to engage in sexual activity with him without pay, Norris said Wednesday.
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Norris said there are two conflicting narratives of what happened on the night of the alleged rape: the victim’s report that she was raped and Smith’s account that the woman was a willing prostitute.
But the judge said it didn’t matter to him whether or not the woman was a prostitute.
“(Smith) did either approach an unsuspecting woman and kidnap her and rape her, or he kidnapped, assaulted and possibly raped a person working as a prostitute. It doesn’t make much difference,” Lu said.
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