They said he is an account representative for Rent-A-Center and went to the 21-year-old woman's home Oct. 22 to discuss a delinquent account. During the discussion, he turned the conversation into a sexual nature, offering to make her bill go away in exchange for a sex act, police said.
Herron then exposed himself to her while taking her hand and placing on himself. The woman pulled away and Herron completed the sex act upon himself before leaving her home, police said.
In what universe is this a good idea? If the accusations are true, had he tried this same scheme on other women who simply didn't report it to police?
Bill collector accused of demanding sex for debt relief [Detroit Free Press] (Thanks, Adam!)
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]]>With sexual assault victims, the overwhelming shame of just being involved in the situation usually prevents them from ever reporting it. Seriously, this isn't new -- it's been widely studied, over and over again.
]]>@Duke_Newcombe sees what you did there...: I think that was just intended to be another (unfunny) snarky comment to insult Detroit.
Whatever, I've actually BEEN there recently, and while the city (and surrounding area) certainly has its problems, it IS progressing in the right direction with regards to crime as well as cleaning the place up. It IS much better off than I remember it being 10 years ago, and there is a real sense of pride in many of the long-time residents, which should keep the positive momentum going.
The idiot referred to in the post could be located anywhere.
]]>@savdavid: She probably wasn't thinking as calmly as somebody playing Monday-morning quarterback on a website comment.
]]>@EdnaLegume: Why the hell would she lie? "Officer, SHE came on to ME and offered to have sex with me if I would wipe out her debt. Naturally I would never do such a thing but she's clearly angry that she has to pay her bill." And really, DNA testing? In LA they have rape kits that haven't been tested in YEARS. In a he-said-she-said accusation of "he asked me to touch his penis" a cop is going to scrape up alleged semen from her floor and run it right down to the lab? Maybe on CSI.
Are you really saying you cannot possibly understand why this woman might decide not to call the cops?
]]>So wouldn't he have to provide a written statement to the customer saying that her debt was resolved? Would it have to say how that debt was resolved? And wouldn't the collector have to explain to Rent-a-Center corporate why the customer isn't going to pay anything on her delinquent account now? I really doubt that RAC HQ has policy saying, "If the customer is insolvent, giving a Rent-A-Center field rep a BJ is acceptable."
]]>Used to know a guy who worked there (as a repo-man) and was offered sex in return for not repossessing stuff on multiple occasions.
Apparently only by the scary ugly people, but hey.
]]>Whence in Connecticut do you hail from?
]]>If someone came to my home and tried that, he wouldn't leave in one piece.
]]>It's amazing. Sex can be exchanged for almost anything!
]]>No really...if you don't pay, sex isn't going to reduce your obscene rent-a-center debt.
]]>He was thinking outside the box.
]]>I'm genuinely glad you have no freaking clue what I've experienced.
]]>In a related incident, a friend of mine was going on about some random female's breasts, saying how he liked them to be bigger than apples, but smaller than melons or something. "Just be glad they are not pineapples." was my response. The look of confusion and horror was well worth it.
]]>I'm genuinely glad things like this are so far removed from your own experience that you have never had to seriously weigh those options.
]]>But now, they want to screw us in a metaphorical way. Boo.
]]>"I did not have sex with that woman"
]]>@Verucalise(countingcalories):The evidence was spilled onto the floor...
]]>@zacox: False or misleading representation? Did he say it was big and then when he whips it out she says, "where is it"?
]]>@Radi0logy: If I could do it for my mortgage... I MIGHT just think about it LOL.
One of my favorite comedians said it eloquently- Rodney Carrington. He said if someone offered him $1 million to give a BJ, if no one was looking, he'd be ALL UP on that SOB! His wife would be screaming in the background:
"SUCK THE D*CK, WE NEED THE MONEY!!"
]]>@EdnaLegume: And also... if they access his phone records, they can confirm her time line of the story thus making her story look more credible compared to his "nuh UH, I didn't do that"
She might of been waiting for that last piece of evidence before going "Maybe they would believe me now!"
]]>@WiglyWorm must cease and decist: +1 for you!
]]>But I had a buddy of mine tell me that when he came home from Iraq, his wife was sleeping with the Rent a Center guy to pay off the bill (in their house).
So maybe they have the ability to wipe a debt like that? o_o
]]>so she didn't call police immediately after he left her house? Or while he was there? or the minute he showed up at her door to collect a debt? she didn't call until AFTER he made a SECOND ATTEMPT to get sex in lieu of the debt?
Please don't think I'm blaming the victim here, she's definitely a victim, but WTF? It took all that before she finally called police?
]]>So, yeah, extreme grodiness.
]]>Is Rent-a-center hiring?
]]>and +1 for the use of the word proteins. LOL.
]]>Lo and behold, I did find a couple of passages in the FDCPA law that might apply here:
§ 807. A debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation...[to collect a] debt.
*Fairly certain he was guilty of this as soon as he pulled his pants down.*
808. A debt collector may not use unfair or unconscionable means to collect or attempt to collect any debt.
*She has to clean his proteins off her floor now. I call that unconscionable.*
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