Man scheduled to plea guilty to rape

A trial for a 2002 rape has been canceled because the accused is expected to plead guilty to a charge of 1st degree rape and criminal deviant conduct against Sammy Porter Ayers, 27, both Class A felonies.

The events happened sometime after 10 PM on July 12, 2002. After meeting a woman at a mutual friend's house, Ayers drove to a park where both were going to smoke weed. After Ayers got out of the car, he returned with a gun and raped the victim, according to reports.

Ayers was supposed to return to Porter County Superior Court August 31, 2003, but skipped town before his bail hearings. He was arrested in Kentucky the following year, where he's serving time until September 2009. [Note: A lookup of the Kentucky inmate database states his convictions are for 2nd Degree Criminal Possession of forged instrument, theft over $100, and being a persistent felony offender. Porter Sam Ayers is an alias of his real name, Sammy Porter Ayers.]

Taken from the Gary Post Tribune

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Hello. My name is Brian. I'm a civil engineer currently living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who turned 27 today. I hope to focus on what happens in sexually (and other types of abusive) relationships when victims are over (not under) legal age. These can be abusive boyfriend/girlfriend, spousal, teacher/student relationships. When there is a power difference in a sexual or otherwise romantic relationship, then consent is doubtful, and you have sexual (and other types of abuse), NOT a romantic relationship.

People rightfully focus on child sexual abuse, and with the Debra LaFave and Mary Kay Letourneau school scandals, have slowly figured out that teenage boys, as well as teenage girls can be sexually abused. However, that sexual abuse does not stop at 18, but simply changes form. Too many relationships between people of legal age are also victim-perp relationships. A predatory "relationship" between two 30 year old spouses is no different morally than a "relationship" between a 30 year old adult and a 15 year old teenager.

When a woman (or more rarely a man) who is legal age is pressured into sex (or other activities) with their partner, you have abuse not consent. This applies even when the partners are married to each other. The pain is there just as surely as if there was a victim under 18. Unfortunately, the law states that consent and absence of force equals a legal relationship, when a predator can use a combination of psychological and sexual abuse to ensnare his (or her) victim.

My focus will be on relationships (both sexual and otherwise) gone awry with people between legal age (usually 18) and 40, though if there is a story about sexual (or other types of assault or DV) featuring people over 40, I'll post that. Posts will range from domestic (or sexually motivated) murders to domestic/sexual violence to teacher-student sex where students are over the AOC.