An 18-year-old man is accused by his ex-girlfriend of torturing her, beating her and even choking her while imprisoning her in her home for several days. Minnesota Police reported that a dorm at a Catholic all-female college had a room with a sex only.
Keanu Labatte has been charged with three felony counts of The criminalization of sexual misconduct According to the authorities, domestic violence and threats of violence by strangulation are both crimes.
According to records at the Ramsey County Jail, he is being held there in lieu of bail amounting to $81,000. He was still behind bars Friday.
Online court records show that he did not enter a plea.
Labatte is accused of holding his girlfriend hostage in the dorm at St. Catherine’s University, for three full days. He was furious after discovering photos and messages from her mobile phone. You can also find out more about the following: said.
According to the criminal complaint, she told police Labatte had threatened her to kill herself and her family. He also had repeatedly punched her, raped and thrown her in a bath tub where he poured water over her face and placed a towel on top of her.
Labatte allegedly threatened the woman with a samurai knife and said he would cut her to death, according to authorities.
The woman told police she was so “terrified” she “would just lay next to Labatte and not move for fear of what he would do to her,” according to the complaint.
According to police, the woman managed to escape when she convinced Labatte that she was going to buy food. The complaint stated that she instead went to campus security and asked for assistance. Staff called St. Paul authorities.
According to the authorities, officers who found Labatte on campus discovered him in the women’s bathroom.
In a press release, the university stated that school policy prohibited “any comments which could affect confidentiality of students or retraumatize people.”
According to prison records, Labatte’s first court date is set for 9 October.
