Al Sharpton Friend Raped by Attorney Friend?
Al Sharptons friendan as-yet unnamed womanwas allegedly raped in the hours following a celebration for Sharptons 60th birthday. Another of Sharptons friendsAttorney Sanford Rubensteinis presently under investigation by the New York Police Department with regard to the rape.
The New York Post reports that Rubestein allegedly attacked the woman in his East Side penthouse after both of them attended Al Sharptons birthday party.
A source from the NYPD tells the publication that the womanthe alleged victimis a Manhattan executive in her forties. She reportedly resides in Brooklyn.
Al Sharptons birthday party included distinguished guests like New Yorks Governor Cuomo, as well as celebrities like Spike Lee and Aretha Franklin. The alleged victim is said to have attended the party with another woman. At some point after the party for the acclaimed civil rights leader, both women reportedly accompanied Sanford Rubenstein to his home, where they had drinks. The second woman left at some point during the evening.
The next thing she knows, its Thursday morning, and she wakes up naked in his bed, a NYPD source told the New York Post of the alleged victim. The source went on to explain that the alleged victim was bleeding from the sexual contact during the incident. When the bleeding continued into Friday she sought medical attention at Methodist Hospital. Hospital officials determined she had been sexually assaulted. They were the ones who called authorities. The woman has little to no recollection about what happened at Rubensteins home.
Al Sharpton and Sanford Rubenstein have known one another for years. Rubenstein hosted a party for Sharpton back in 2001 following his hunger strike in prison.
I know him, I know her, Al Sharpton said Saturday night regarding this investigation that now has him in the middle between two friends.
But how can I know what happened at somebodys residence after my party? he asked.
Sanford Rubenstein has yet to be charged with anything regarding this case.
This is no doubt extremely perplexing to Al Sharpton, who not only wouldnt want to think of a friend being sexually assaulted, but certainly wouldnt want to imagine another of his friends having been the one to commit such a heinous act.
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Al Sharpton Friend Raped by Attorney Friend?