Charges against four California dentists -- including three brothers -- accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman at a Las Vegas Strip resort were dropped after cellphone video showed the allegations were "completely fabricated," one of the men's attorney said.

Prosecutors dropped the charges against Poria Edalat, 30, Saman Edalat, 39, Sina Edalat, 34, and Ali Badkoobehi, 30, after the defendants presented the video to the district attorney’s office, KVVU-TV reported.

An unnamed woman told security at the Wynn Las Vegas resort she was sexually assaulted in a suite while intoxicated.

Lawyers for the four dentists maintained all along the allegations were false. They predicted in August the case would be dropped once prosecutors reviewed the video evidence.

"After a review of the facts of the case, it was clear the allegations were completely fabricated," Robert Draskovich, Badkoobehi’s attorney, said in a statement. "The evidence confirmed the men's innocence, and the state has cleared them of all charges."

The dentists were already free on their own recognizance and none of them attended Monday’s hearing. The three Edalat brothers released a statement following the hearing.

"We are so grateful to the justice system for recognizing that we were the victims in this case," the statement said. "We knew when the facts came out that the vicious allegations would be exposed as lies and our good names would be cleared. We want to thank our families, friends and lawyers for sticking by us through this horrific ordeal."

The statement added: "At this sensitive moment in our history, we believe that women should be respected and heard and believed. But as this case shows, it is also important to keep a critical eye on those willing to use the (#MeToo) movement for their own selfish motives and remember that innocent until proven guilty is one of our country's bedrock principles."

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I feel like that woman should have charges filed against her by the DA for false accusation and wasting everyone's time and resources!

HOW did the video prove their innocence?

What was on the video?

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Originally posted by RichardC:
HOW did the video prove their innocence?

What was on the video?

Probably a time stamp and or obviously verifiable event or locale putting them well away from the scene of the alleged assault.

That woman should have to serve the maximum penalty that the men would have faced if the charges stuck.
TIMES 4.

#METOO / #METOO / #METOO / #METOO / #METOO / #METOO. Oops, never mind.

Appears that women do lie at times, doesn't it?

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Originally posted by Otto Pilot:

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Originally posted by RichardC:
HOW did the video prove their innocence?

What was on the video?

Probably a time stamp and or obviously verifiable event or locale putting them well away from the scene of the alleged assault.

A decade or so ago, it came out that several Dallas Cowboy players had gone together on a home (nicknamed White House) where they could bring mistresses/groupies for carnal activities. Wired with security cameras and audio, and apparently they followed legal advice on getting the girl to speak as to why she was there before retiring to the bedroom.

I really hope charges were brought up on the female. We need to start treating women like this the same if it were the man on trial for rape. All of this only minimizes real women being harmed.

Why was the video not in the original "investigation" prior to charges being issued?

A prosecutor once told me that justice is a pendulum. It works best when centered. And innocent until proven guilty is the center. The pendulum has swung too far in favor of accusations of sexual assault and domestic violence.
When a woman can make a verbal statement without supporting witnesses or evidence and get a man locked up, things have gone too far. And to make these types of unsupported accusations in a public forum or in the media should be illegal.
And yes, I believe that in years past, police often minimized or downplayed these claims and that need fixing.
But we have gone too far with the fix.

Searched for t hi is story on CNN. It was not reported there. Imagine that

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Originally posted by JALLEN:


"We are so grateful to the justice system for recognizing that we were the victims in this case,"

Yet, not one word with regard to charges. I know that it's been said in this thread, but there is verifiable evidence that a woman filed a false complaint against 4 guys in clear violation of NRS 207.280 (probably in hopes of extorting money). I looked up the laws in NV, and it seems that the penalty is:

Penalties
The Las Vegas offense of false reporting of a crime is a misdemeanor in Nevada. The sentence for a misdemeanor in Nevada includes a punishment of:

up to 6 months in jail, and/or
up to $1,000 in fines

The perpetrator should be subjected to the same sentence that the falsely accused would have gotten. In this case, since there were 4 falsely accused, there would be 4 convictions against the one that lied!

We have seen over and over, that there is a subset of society that plays games with people's lives. The false claims of rape, abuse, racism, etc., have lead to good people losing everything. Their friends, families, and careers can disappear in an instant, all because someone wanted to make some shit up knowing fully that even if they were caught in their lie, nothing would happen (oh, I guess I mis-remembered. My Bad! ) I'm not saying that only women are guilty of this, but it seems to me that they are the ones that pull this shit the most.

Here is a story about the arrest in early August.

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SAN DIEGO — Four California dentists were arrested after a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted at a Las Vegas strip hotel.

Ali Badoobeh, a 30-year-old dentist from Carmel Valley was in Las Vegas to celebrate a friend’s birthday, KTNV reported.

An arrest report obtained by the Las Vegas station states a woman met Badoobeh at the Wynn hotel-casino for drinks. At some point, the two left the bar and went to his hotel room where he hugged and kissed her, according to KTNV.

Once inside the room, Badoobeh allegedly pulled down the women’s pants. She stated she was not there for sexual relations, when more events began to unfold.

The woman says another man appeared in the room completely undressed, and that Badoobeh forced her to perform oral sex on his friend.

While trying to fight her way off the two men, an additional nude man appeared. The woman says she was also forced to perform oral sex on the third man.

The woman added she was forced to have sexual intercourse with the men, and that Badoobeh forced her to have anal sex with him.

She says she repeatedly asked the men to stop. Once the alleged assault was over, she was able to leave.

The security team at the Wynn hotel-casino were contacted after the woman met with a friend.

Seven people were taken into custody after security contacted the Las Vegas police department.

Badoobeh, along with:

Poria Edalat, 30
Saman Edalat, age 39
Sina Edalat, age 34

were booked into the Clark County Detention Center.

The other three men are from Los Angeles county.

The four men face sexual assault and first-degree kidnapping charges.

KTNV reports Badoobeh’s attorney said a video was turned into that District Attorney’s office and that it proves the sexual acts were consensual.

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interesting that they refer to their 'good names' being restored

i don't know that having group sex with (likely) a hooker and video recording the event says much about their 'good names'

i suppose i am glad that they aren't going to prison for rape which did not occur

but 'good names' ? that's pretty funny verbiage

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