A achromatic female whose rape allegations against 2 achromatic men were thrown retired by a expansive jury claims nan video grounds that exonerated them was edited.
Amanda Zawieruszynski, 40, accused her neighbour John Marks, 41, of raping her connected November 8 past twelvemonth on pinch his friend, policeman Freddie Douglas, 43.
The mother-of-three claimed nan brace forced her to person a threesome successful nan excavation astatine Marks' location in in Manvel, conscionable extracurricular Houston.
Marks and Douglas were arrested past December, but nan aggravated rape and kidnapping charges were dismissed by a expansive assemblage successful May aft footage from Marks' location information system exonerated them.
The men accused her of racism. They said her claims were an effort to invoke achromatic privilege to put them down bars.
But Zawieruszynski insisted her rape claims were true, and revenge her ain suit connected August 26 demanding much than $1 cardinal successful damages.
Amanda Zawieruszynski, 40, whose rape declare against 2 achromatic men was thrown retired by a expansive assemblage is sticking to her story, claiming cardinal grounds was tampered with
John Marks and Freddie Douglas were arrested past December but nan aggravated rape and kidnapping charges were dismissed by a expansive assemblage successful May aft footage from Marks' location information strategy exonerated them
She stuck to her story, contempt footage that suggested nan incident was thing much than a consensual threesome.
But buried successful ineligible documents is different astonishing claim.
Amanda, successful a filing, says nan footage had been tampered pinch to make nan men look innocent.
'At immoderate constituent Douglas asked Marks if [Zawieruszynski] was alright, Marks replied don't interest astir it because he was going to delete nan footage from his information camera,' it claimed.
The declare of doctored footage wasn't elaborated connected successful nan lawsuit, and Zawieruszynski's lawyer Thomas Cammack said she hadn't seen nan video.
'The alleged video footage referenced by nan defendants is not footage that Amanda was privy to passim nan investigation,' he told DailyMail.com.
'Despite documented constabulary reports referencing tampered video evidence, we are alert that nan footage was inaccurately presented to nan expansive assemblage arsenic original, undoctored footage.'
Cammack said he hoped to entree nan afloat video of nan nighttime and morning, on pinch grounds from sealed constabulary reports, during discovery.
'This footage is thing we look guardant to reviewing and discussing successful find arsenic we conflict successful tribunal for justness and nan truth, arsenic reflected successful Ms Zawieruszynski's lawsuit,' he said.
'Ms Zawieruszynski was raped and has had to acquisition terrible aesculapian involution because of these individual's actions. We are looking guardant to seeing nan truth prevail successful nan tribunal of law.'
Zawieruszynski insisted her rape claims were true, and revenge her ain suit connected August 26 demanding much than $1 cardinal successful damages
However, Douglas' lawyer Michael Kerensky told DailyMail.com her declare nan footage was altered was 'pure fantasy' and was being utilized to 'justify nan mendacious allegations'.
Kerensky said Zawieruszynski's declare successful her suit that she heard Marks show Douglas not to interest arsenic he would delete nan footage was 'a lie, he ne'er said that'.
'Marks ne'er deleted immoderate of nan footage, and moreover if he did, nan territory attorney's agency get nan full, unedited root video from nan Ring doorbell company' wherever each footage is backed up and can't beryllium altered by nan customer, he added.
Kerensky said nan expansive assemblage viewed nan afloat footage during their deliberations, which are - by rule - closed to some parties.
Zawieruszynski besides claimed successful her lawsuit, without providing much details, that Marks and Douglas raped different women and planned to battle more.
'These acts are not an isolated incident nor is [Zawieruszynski] nan only unfortunate of nan intersexual battle and acts committed by defendants,' nan suit claimed.
'Upon accusation and belief, correspondences beryllium betwixt nan defendants of whether aliases not they will "turn her out" and Douglas asked Marks if her was going to "bleed her" related to different woman they had plans to rape together.'
Kerensky said nan declare that Marks and Douglas raped and planned to rape different women was 'a lie… she is desperate, and she is deluded'.
Cammack did not respond to questions from DailyMail.com asking for much accusation to backmost up nan allegation.
Freddie Douglas, 43, lost almost everything aft he was accused of raping his champion friend's achromatic neighbour successful a threesome connected his birthday
Both men were arrested by Manvel constabulary and locked up until they were capable to stump up hefty bonds to beryllium released, pinch Douglas' mother paying his.
Douglas was fired from his occupation arsenic a detective, had to waste his family location successful a 'fire sale' to salary ineligible fees, and was shunned by friends and neighbors.
Both he and Marks are suing Manvel constabulary and Zawieruszynski successful abstracted claims alleging civilian correct violations, defamation and malicious prosecution.
They claimed constabulary pursued nan lawsuit moreover aft seeing nan footage, and nan Brazoria County District Attorney's Office couldn't person them to driblet it, forcing them to empanel nan expansive assemblage to get it dismissed.
'As Freddie Douglas moved astir nan mini municipality of El Campo, nan stares and whispers followed him everywhere,' his suit read.
'The market store; Walmart; getting gas; astatine extremity lights. In a municipality for illustration El Campo, if a constabulary serviceman is arrested and fired summarily by nan department, everyone assumes that nan accused is guilty.
'Only Freddie Douglas' closest friends and family supported him during this time. The consequence astir crushed Freddie Douglas' spirit.
'His early looked very dark.'
Marks and Zawieruszynski began a months-long intersexual narration arsenic she had separated from her hubby Michael earlier that twelvemonth (pictured together earlier nan matrimony ended)
Zawieruszynski gave a harrowing relationship of what she claimed happened, which she said 'disfigured' her and caused soul and outer injuries that required 'surgical intervention' and ongoing treatment.
'I felt for illustration I was drowning successful a oversea of shame, fear, and confusion,' she said successful a connection obtained by DailyMail.com.
'No 1 prepares you for nan aftermath of specified a violation, particularly erstwhile 1 of nan perpetrators is simply a personnel of rule enforcement who is expected to protect you.
'I was held captive. I was force-fed alcohol, my clothing was forcibly removed, my assemblage was battered, and I was raped many times passim nan night.'
Zawieruszynski, who said she was a azygous mother-of-three since breaking up pinch her hubby Michael past year, claimed she was forced to fly her location pinch her family because Marks and Douglas harassed her.
Her suit claimed she 'believed she would dice that night' and was held captive and raped galore times, each much convulsive than nan last, which it laid retired successful schematic item - immoderate excessively horrifying to publish.