Tom Simon

Vinny gives me a vape pen and tells me to smoke.

Then things start getting really hazy, and I'm kind of like out of my mind, and Vinny had intercourse with me several times over the past six days.

And so the police administer a kit, you know, what kind of kit I'm talking about, to confirm that she had been assaulted by Vinny in that way.

And they search the vacation rental, and they find that Vinny has a loaded 9mm pistol, which is a no-no because he's a convicted felon.

And they placed Vinny under arrest.

Because of the interstate nature of the case, the police, who did a great job, loop in the FBI to kind of nail down all the digital evidence that kind of created the situation.

The FBI is real good at that.

The police, less so.

And bring federal charges against him.

Victim specialist from the FBI gets Sarah home to her mom.

Hopefully she's getting the help she needs.

Terrible situation.

Vinny takes the case to trial.

while with charges of interstate transportation of a minor for sexual activity and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

His defense at trial, and this is interesting, you can almost think this through because I know you're a traveling man, is that I had no idea this girl was 15.

I had no idea.

How do you prove that he knew that she was 15?

Bingo.

Talk it through.

No, you have to give her date of birth now.