Ohio woman who taped friend's rape sentenced to 9 months

Posted by Larita Shotwell on Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Marina Lonina, 19, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to one county of obstructing justice under a deal with prosecutors

Marina Lonina, 19, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to one county of obstructing justice under a deal with prosecutors

An Ohio woman accused of livestreaming images of a man raping her 17-year-old female friend has been sentenced to nine months in prison.

Marina Lonina, 19, was sentenced Monday in Columbus after pleading guilty to one count of obstructing justice under a deal with prosecutors. 

She initially faced other charges of rape, kidnap, sexual battery and pandering sexual matter involving a minor. 

Prosecutors and defense attorneys recommended the sentence as part of a plea deal, the Columbus Dispatch reported.

She had faced up to 40 years in prison. 

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Authorities alleged that she used the social media app Periscope to livestream the assault last February Defense attorney Sam Shamansky told the Dispatch that Lonina admitted to failing to report the rape or turn over her evidence afterward

She initially faced other charges of rape, kidnap, sexual battery and pandering sexual matter involving a minor after livestreaming the rape of her 17 year-old friend on Periscope

Authorities alleged that she used the social media app Periscope to livestream the assault last February.

Defense attorney Sam Shamansky told the Dispatch that Lonina admitted to failing to report the rape or turn over her evidence afterward.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, alleged that Lonina had set up the rape.

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The victim said: 'I was too gullible to see how manipulative she truly is.'

Shamansky said this was 'unmitigated nonsense' and that Lonina's sentencing was 'an appropriate resolution to a difficult case.' 

The 29-year-old rape suspect, Raymond Gates, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison in October.

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, alleged that Lonina had set up the rape. The victim said: 'I was too gullible to see how manipulative she truly is.' Defense attorney Sam Shamansky said this was 'unmitigated nonsense' and that Lonina's sentencing was 'an appropriate resoluion'

The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, alleged that Lonina had set up the rape. The victim said: 'I was too gullible to see how manipulative she truly is.' Defense attorney Sam Shamansky said this was 'unmitigated nonsense' and that Lonina's sentencing was 'an appropriate resoluion'

The 29-year-old rape suspect, Raymond Gates, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison in October

The 29-year-old rape suspect, Raymond Gates, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison in October

The court previously hear that Lonina continued to livestream the rape of her teenage friend on Periscope because she 'got caught up on the likes' the video was receiving.

Lonina was allegedly 'giggling and laughing' as she used her phone to film the February 2016 assault.

Her defense attorneys said she was in the habit of filming everything using Periscope and had tried to help her friend while prosecutors had alleged she 'got caught up on the likes' the video was receiving.

The victim was said to be clearly screaming 'stop' and 'no' during the assault. 

The court had heard Lonina and her friend met Gates at a Columbus mall for the first time the day before the assault.

He is said to have bought them a bottle of vodka and encouraged them to meet him in Columbus the following day, it was said.

When they met, Gates pinned the friend, who was said to have been drinking, down and raped her.

The case came to light when authorities were contacted by an out-of-state friend of the woman saw the images, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien said.

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