A Chicago teen faces charges after raping a 21-year-old woman hosting a Hammond house party, court filings allege.
Documents show her family hired Jonathan Gracia, 19, her acquaintance, to photograph her 21st birthday party on Aug. 17. He drank too much that night, puking, and he crashed in her bed.
Shortly afterward, she went to sleep on the other side. Around 5:30 a.m., she said he pinned her down by her shoulders. She was “scared” and froze, before he raped her.
The next day, Hammond cops found him bloodied elsewhere around the 1200 block of 175th Street after the victim’s brother beat him up and her mom beat Gracia with a pipe. The brother said he had tried to stop his mom.
Gracia’s face and arms were bleeding “excessively,” police wrote.
Earlier at the house, the victim ran and told her brother when Gracia fell back asleep. He told Gracia to leave, who mistakenly took a black backpack from her room on the way out.
At the house, he denied raping the woman to her mother and brother, before they attacked him, then took it outside, charges state.
Cops arrested the mother, threatening to charge her with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury.
The brother had blood on his pants, shoe and hand.
He said he woke up around 6 a.m., when his stepsister told him Gracia raped the victim. He wanted to “settle it” and went outside to fight Gracia. His mom joined in with a pipe and he tried to stop her, but ended up continuing to fight Gracia, who tried to run.
Cops said they could charge him with battery.
Public court filings do not show Tuesday the mother has been charged. It is not immediately clear if the brother faces charges.
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