A jury trial starts today in
the case of a Garden Grove Calf. cop Jesse
Andrew Green, who faces charges not only of rape, but also of witness
intimidation and threats.
It’s alleged that Green, who
has been part of the GGPD since 2006, went to the Santa Ana home of a woman he
had been dating and on April 26, 2006 sodomized her while she screamed and
struggled to get away. Prosecutors say that Green “made derogatory and
intimidating statements to frighten the victim.” Then, on Nov. 6, 2009 Green
allegedly took a woman to his Huntington Beach apartment on their first date
and violently sodomized her, and made threats. The victims were slow to report
the attacks because they worried that Green would be able to use his position
as a police officer to retaliate against them, according to the D.A.
Santa Ana and Huntington Beach
investigated the incidents, and Green was arrested on Oct. 3, 2010.