A judge continued the case of Gyasi Terran Thursday, who stands
accused of raping a 19-year-old mentally disabled man in a Miller
Park bathroom.
A judge continued the case of Gyasi Terran Thursday, who stands accused of raping a 19-year-old mentally disabled man in a Miller Park bathroom.
Terran, 24, has yet to enter a plea and has appeared in court several times since police arrested him on suspicion of raping the teen in the early morning hours of June 4. He is scheduled to appear again at 1:30 p.m., Nov. 13 at the Santa Clara County Superior Courthouse in San Martin.
Friends and acquaintances of Terran, familiarly known as “Goo,” came out to support him immediately after his arrest, but police interviews with the suspect and teen depict an awkward sexual encounter based on the promise of a cigarette, with Terran disclosing his bisexuality and claiming the early morning encounter was consensual.
The teen went to 7-Eleven on First Street searching for a smoke, according to a police report. After discovering he did not have enough cash to buy a pack, he walked out to the parking lot to continue his search. Noticing this, Terran followed him outside and proffered a cigarette along with an invitation to the nearby park, according to police.
Inside the dark, unoccupied woman’s bathroom, an unclear encounter ensued, during which the teen told police he never said “stop” or “no” out of fear; but he did say “no” sometime before the incident ended, according to police. Terran denied that the teen every said “no” and also said no penetration, however slight, occurred during the consensual encounter.
When police responded to the teen’s 911 call from 7-Eleven, he had a silver dollar-size lump on his forehead and squirmed in pain in the police car, according to the report. During his interview, Terran broke down and requested a psychological evaluation because he should not be doing this sort of thing, he told police.
Police arrested Terran on suspicion of battery and resisting arrest in late May and on warrants for the same charges in November.
