GUILTY LA - NOPD officer convicted of raping 7 year old girl, 20 Aug 2003

[pappa rob]

Sorry if this has been posted..
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/n-o-life-sentence-rape-7-year-old-girl-article-1.2467888
A New Orleans police officer who was convicted of raping a 7-year-old girl will spend the rest of his life behind bars after his sentencing Tuesday.

The lifetime term without probation or parole for Michael Thomassie, 41, follows a trial marked by prosecutors’ seizure of the cellphone they said Thomassie used to send raunchy texts to his girlfriend and a courtroom selfie. A jury convicted the 13-year veteran cop Aug. 20 of the aggravated rape of his then-girlfriend’s daughter, a second-grader, in 2003.

 

[bluesneakers]

This is from August:

Cop accused of raping ex-girlfriend’s daughter, 7, ‘took selfies and sent racy text messages’ during his trial

But he still reportedly found time during his trial to exchange crude texts with his current girlfriend, in Florida, while awaiting his now teenage victim’s testimony.
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Prosecutor Laura Rodrigue, said: ‘We learned from a family member that he text messaged, “It’s not too late for [the accuser] not to show up,” that the state will have to drop the charges.
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“the best-case scenario is for [the girl] not to come forward and the state would have to drop the case.

Good for her for showing up. She should be proud of herself.



What is with people.

 

[Archangel7]

What a revolting human being. Shame that was the worst sentence he received...so far.

 

[JerseyGirl]

A former New Orleans police officer has pleaded guilty to the 2003 rape of his ex-girlfriend's child.

Forty-three-year-old Michael Thomassie had been convicted of first-degree rape in 2015. But, the conviction, which carries a life sentence, was overturned on appeal.

On Monday he pleaded guilty to second-degree rape and sexual molestation of a juvenile under age 13. He received 10 years on the molestation charge, but with eight years of that suspended. He received five years on the second-degree rape charge.

He would become eligible for parole after serving two years and is being given credit for more than a year already served.

http://www.wbrz.com/news/plea-spares-rapist-a-life-term-victim-a-2nd-trial-ordea/