Video phone recording reveals extortion plan

For the first time, a videophone played a role in an investigation, when a recording of a woman's demands for payment for sex -- was recorded on a digital camera-cell phone.

According to this article in Pittsburgh Live, an out-of-work flight attendant claimed she had been raped in a Downtown hotel room by five St. John's University basketball players whom she had met at a strip club.

"Major crimes Cmdr. Maurita Bryant said. "We're still not sure how much of the overall incident was recorded, but we heard enough to come to the conclusion that there was an attempt to extract money from the players".

See related Cellular News article entitled Camera phone cited in rape allegation

emily | 6:34 PM | News, Buzz |
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