PHOENIX – from www.myfoxphoenix.com- A 20-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Phoenix and posting a video of the assault on the internet.
Jonathan Hock, 20, has been booked into jail on one count of sexual assault and surreptitious video taping.
A 20-year-old victim reported to police back in early March that she had been sexually assaulted while she was passed out on Feb. 26. She hadn’t even realized she’d been victimized, until some acquaintances told her they saw a video of the assault online.
According to police, Hock streamed the video of the rape on the web, giving commentary about it and bragging to anyone who happened to be logged on and watching.
The victim says she had been dating Hock for about two weeks when it happened. He allegedly set up the webcam in her own bedroom before the two began drinking, and then waited for to pass out. The assault took place after she’d been asleep for about four hours.
Investigators obtained a warrant for the video’s hosting information and arrested Hock on June 1. The 5-minute video was eventually taken off the site.
From The Arizona Republic- Phoenix police arrested a man in Phoenix on Monday on suspicion of raping an unconscious woman live on a popular video hosting Web site.
According to a court document, on Feb. 26, 2009, at about 5 a.m., 20-year-old Jonathan Hock set up the webcam built into his laptop and broadcast live as he sexually assaulted a woman whom he knew for less than a month as she lay in bed unconscious. The victim had reportedly been asleep for up to six hours before the assault occurred.
While being interviewed by Phoenix police, the woman said she became aware of the assault after friends text messaged her about the video. According to a court document, the woman then found pictures on the Web site of Hock lying next to her as she was asleep and naked from the waist down.
Phoenix police issued a search warrant for the Web site’s content to try to obtain the live video of the assault. In the video, Hock reportedly made comments about him being able to commit the assault without her knowledge while he performed various sexual acts, according to the court document.
After viewing the five minute video, Phoenix police arrested Hock and booked him on charges of sexual assault and surreptitious video taping.
Police say Hock is allegedly very popular on the site for his sexual behavior, and they said information they received through the investigation indicates there may have been similar acts of this type involving this suspect.
