LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A Las Vegas teen is facing three sexual assault charges after he allegedly had sex with a nearly unconscious teen girl in the back of her car while others recorded the encounter and laughed, according to an arrest report.
The victim told police that she and a group of friends were invited to hang out on a party bus on the night of Friday, March 24.
While on the bus, the victim met with a boy named Aiden Cicchetti. She told police that she and her friends were sharing a bottle of vodka and taking shots from an unknown bottle of alcohol that Cicchetti brought with him.
The victim told police detectives she remembered feeling dizzy and nauseous after drinking the alcohol Cicchetti gave her.
According to the report, the victim told police that she was feeling 'intoxicated' while on the bus. After they unloaded from the bus, according to the victim, someone had mentioned a house party that was happening in Henderson.
Cicchetti, the victim, and others, attended the party in Henderson. The victim told police that at that point her condition had worsened and that her vision was blurry. When preparing to leave the party, the victim told police that she vaguely remembered walking to her car, but couldn't recall anything after that.
The victim then told detectives she woke up in Cicchetti's kitchen, wrapped in a towel with her pants and underwear missing.
The victim told police that later that day, Cicchetti sent her a message on Snapchat and asked her how she was feeling after he ‘[expletive] her down’ the night before. The victim thought Cicchetti was joking.
According to the report, the victim noticed vaginal bleeding, but “did not think much of it because she was hungover.”
The victim told police that on March 26, she was sent three videos from her friend that showed the victim in the backseat of her car with Cicchetti, both without pants, while Cicchetti performed sex acts on her. According to the arrest report, other people were in the car watching, laughing, and recording what was happening on their phones.
Documents state the victims told friends about what happened and later reported it to a school counselor before going to police.
Police reviewed three videos from that night and described the victim as ‘barely conscious.’ Police also noted the victim could be heard crying and asking for it to stop.
In a search of the victim’s car, officers found both the blanket and the corset top that the victim was wearing the night of the incident. The report stated that several white stains were found on the back seat, which were swabbed and will be compared to a DNA sample provided by Cicchetti.
Once Cicchetti was identified, he was taken into custody. His mother, who identified herself as an attorney, followed. According to the report, Cicchetti asked what the charges were and was told it was for sexual assault, to which he responded he would never do such a thing.
When police asked Cicchetti about how intoxicated he was on the night of March 24, he told them that his vision was a little blurry, but that he was ‘sober enough to be in control of his actions and behavior.’
When asked if he had sex with anyone the night of the party or the next morning, Cicchetti told police no. Police then showed Cicchetti the videos of him from the victim’s car. When detectives asked if it was Cicchetti in the video, he confirmed that it was him, asked for an attorney, and broke down crying.
According to the arrest report, Cicchetti told police that the sex was consensual. He later told detectives that he did have sex with the victim, but that ‘he did not want to and her friends forced him.’
Ross Goodman, the attorney representing Cicchetti, sent Channel 13 this statement:
"Remarkably, Metro interviewed only one of 4 people present with [the girl] that night. That person as well as the 3 other witnesses interviewed by the defense confirmed [the girl] was coherent the entire night and insisted on trading places in the car so she could have sex with Aiden. [The girl] dropped Aiden off at his house after engaging in consensual sex. She insisted on hanging out with Aiden again and returned to his house one hour later with her friend. There were several other people at Aiden’s house, so [the girl] left after a brief time, driving herself home. None of her friends described [the girl] as incoherent or blacked out."
Cicchetti was taken into custody. He was released from jail on the condition that he stays out of trouble and does not contact the victim.
A status hearing is scheduled for June 21.
