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September 18, 2002
Contact: Lynn Kimbrough,
720-913-9025
'LINGERIE
RAPIST' PLEADS GUILTY
James Harry Gipson
(DOB: 11-19-73) pleaded guilty late yesterday in connection with
a series of sexual assaults that occurred two years ago.
Gipson pleaded
guilty in Denver District Court to four counts of sexual assault
(F4), four counts of first degree kidnapping (F2), one count of
first degree burglary (F3), and additional sentencing aggravator
counts. He will face a minimum of 50 years in prison when he is
sentenced on December 6, 2002.
The kidnappings and
assaults occurred in August and September of 2000 when Gipson’s
girlfriend, Melissa Todd, lured women from the 16th
Street Mall by representing herself as being connected with
Victoria’s Secret and claiming she would accompany them to a
lingerie party. Instead, she took them to another location
where they were assaulted by Gipson.
Gipson and
Todd were originally charged with more than 100 counts each in
connection with the series of assaults and attempted assaults.
Todd pleaded guilty earlier this year to four counts of second
degree kidnapping and five counts of attempted sexual assault.
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