Central Park Sexual Assault Suspect: "My Name And Reputation Are Destroyed"

Yesterday, three teens accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Central Park were released after authorities decided they would not be able to press charges, because the accuser's memory was not reliable and her story changed a few times. One of the teens, Kelvin Dalrymple, told the Daily News, "They should put her face all over the media. I can't go to school with people calling me a rapist. My name and reputation are destroyed. My life is not the same."

According to Dalrymple, he and the "former classmates met the 23-year-old woman and another girl outside the No. 6 station at Hunts Point in the Bronx - a story police sources confirmed. As the train rumbled into Manhattan, Dalrymple said, the woman, who had marijuana secreted in her bra, drank cognac from a Coke bottle with the teens... Once off the train, they bought rolling papers at a Duane Reade - where the surveillance footage was filmed - and took a smoky stroll through the park. Then, the woman performed a sex act on Gonzalez, Dalrymple said, insisting he had nothing to do with her." Dalrymple who noted that he had never been to Central Park before, "She wasn't my type, so I left. There was no force [applied to the woman]. She wasn't yelling; she wasn't screaming. There was no rape."

The woman had first told investigators that she met the men while waiting at a bus stop near 86th Street and Fifth Avenue and that they assaulted her in the park. She said she managed to flee them after they hit her on the head and robbed her; a cab driver saw her in distress and called the police. But a source tells the News, "During the course of the investigation, it became clear they should not be charged. Her story changed several times."

Dalrymple's father is angry at the accuser as well: "I knew he was innocent from the beginning. I have three sons. I know exactly what they are capable of."

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By Jen Chung in News on June 11, 2010 2:12 PM

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gawkthis

"Dalrymple who noted that he had never been to Central Park before"

is this like when presidential candidates say "I smoked pot, but i didn't inhale"?

as a teenager his reputation sucks anyway; it can only improve now.

tgg001

So going to the park to have consensual sex with an Angel Dusted/ mentally ill person was gonna do wonders for his reputation? Either way, Dude is a scum bag.

freddynyc

"My name and reputation are destroyed."

Yes, there goes his promising career in politics and law...

Bike Rider

"free press" laugh out loud

HBHB

Regardless of if the perp is guilty or not the mugshots should not be displayed to the public until they are legally found guilty. Then you can plaster them wherever you want. This has happened way too many times.

jt10000

So because someone is ignorant and sketchy, it's appropriate they get tagged as a rapist?

resa

Yes, this is true for some here on Gothamist, particularly those possessing massive amounts of hubris. Ignorant, minority and sketchy = rapist until proven otherwise. White, educated and clean cut (like Ted Bundy) = good until proven guilty.

inoyourider

Racial apologists like you just can't accept the fact that a portion of the black population, like every other segment of society, are worthless scumbags.

JenChungsBaby

He'd never been in Central Park before?

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

They and their family sound ignorant. Their own words not the girls proves to me and probably others what ignorant lowlives they are. AT least the girls in their school will know who to stay away from.

ktinnyc

You start a sentence with, "They and their family", and you have the nerve to call someone else ignorant? #hypocrite#clueless.

potsmoker

i suggest you guys get into ghetto gang b@ng p0rn,

youre 18 now, just pickup skeezy hoe-s and f uck the sh1t out of them, have them sign releases, pay them one dollar and put the vids online and charge a membership fee...

if you need help doing some guerrilla filming at night in central park, let me know im def down to help out!!

dirty hipster

Shit, they sell rolling papers at Duane Reade?

oeuf

What a piece of work. He's getting what he deserves.

creeper

did anyone else notice in the daily news article that this guy's dad is 34? he's 18 and his dad is 34. what was your question about him being in the park at 3 am?

chuzzlewit

what the ehll is going on in that marijuana-fueled photograph?

Guest

Dalrymple's father is angry at the accuser as well: "I knew he was innocent from the beginning. I have three sons. I know exactly what they are capable of."

Then, as a male, who used to be a teenager, you know exactly what they can, and will, do given the opportunity. Btw, if you're such a great father, what was your teenager doing in Central Park at 3am?