Federal Jury Rejects Stephanie Orejel's Bizarre Story That A Chicago Police Officer Sucked Her Toes At The Diplomat Motel
The plaintiff, Stephanie Orejel, alleged that on December 8, 2007, she was sexually assaulted by Chicago Police Officer Patrick Cain. Ms. Orejel alleged that on that date, she was coming out of her motel room at the Diplomat Motel, located at 5230 N. Lincoln Avenue, when she was stopped by Officer Cain in an unmarked police car. Ms. Orejel alleged that as she was walking to the store, Officer Cain called her over to his car, asked her for her purse and room key, and then used his office to intimidate her into going up to her motel room with him.
Once in the motel room, Ms. Orejel alleged that Officer Cain searched her room for drugs, searched her body for track marks, and then put two of her toes in his mouth. At that point, Ms. Orejel allegedly told Officer Cain that she wanted to leave, and the two of them then exited the motel room and went back down to the car. When they got to the car, Ms. Orejel retrieved her purse from Officer Cain’s partner, who had stayed in the car for the entire twenty-minute time period during which Ms. Orejel and Officer Cain were in the motel room. After retrieving her purse, Ms. Orejel continued on to the store and purchased some chips and donuts.
The jury deliberated for approximately one and one-half days and ultimately returned a verdict in favor of the defendants on all three counts - rejecting plaintiff's bizarre story.
Officer Cain was represented by Edith Holland and James Thompson of the Law Offices of Joseph Roddy. The City of Chicago was represented by Arlene Martin, Robin Shoffner, and Brandon Keel of the Corporation Counsel's Office. Plaintiff was represented by Blake Horwitz.
