Pre-med student whose sexual-assault charge was dismissed faces new case over photos of the incident
A onetime student leader at the University of Illinois-Chicago was cleared in March in a sexual-assault case alleging that he went beyond what a fellow student agreed to during what started as a consensual bondage experiment in his dorm room based on the film 50 Shades of Grey.
An Illinois judge found no probable cause and pre-med student Mohammad Hossain was released and the case dismissed. However, Hossain was back in court in Cook County on Wednesday, facing a new criminal case over related allegations, reports the Chicago Tribune (reg. req.).
The government now says Hossain sent photos to friends of the same woman, during the same February incident, naked or scantily clad, blindfolded and bound. Because she did not consent, a prosecutor said, transmitting the photos violates a state statute.
Attorney Joshua Kutnick, who represents Hossain, disagreed.
“The law is on our side,” Kutnick told a Tribune reporter. “I anticipate a favorable resolution of this case very quickly.”
Bail for Hossain was set at $10,000. Investigators obtained the photos by subpoenaing his Facebook records through UIC, the article says, but prosecutors didn’t get the pictures until after the sexual assault case was dismissed.
