Anime Fan Denied Bail Pending Trial for Violence Against Girlfriend
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[/media-credit]On Sunday, Judge Adam Bourgeois denied bail to 22 year old Sir Wilfred Camaligan after hearing charges that he forced his live-in girlfriend to kneel on rice and beat her frequently with a wooden stick and crowbar to the point of unconsciousness as well as forcing her to carve an “X” on her chest.
Both Camaligan and the unnamed victim met on Facebook before meeting for the first time during this past May’s Anime Central anime convention in Chicago. the victim then moved in with Camaligan in July. The violent behavior began soon after she moved in, with Camaligan controlling her behavior to the point that she was not allowed to leave the apartment and only managed to escape last Friday, when she managed to call her parents and alert authorities on a borrowed cell phone.
Camaligan was subsequently arrested and arraigned this past weekend, with Judge Bourgeois denying bail ahead of the trial yesterday, deeming him a severe threat to the public.
“I don’t think there’s any condition or set of conditions I could set that would protect the community from you”
Camaligan has been formally charged with one count of attempted murder, aggravated domestic battery and kidnapping. In an ironic twist, the ACEN convention featured a panel on its website related to “the dysfunctional elements of the Otaku Subculture” which dealt with male fans that had issues with women and subsequently lashed out against them, among other related subjects
[via Lawrence Eng]
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