Charges Dropped Against Husband in Pizza Delivery Rape Case
David Jansen Had Been Charged With Raping Woman Who Has a History of False Claims
Pizza Deliveryman Makes Startling Discovery
The case gained notoriety when pizza deliveryman Chris Turner was initially hailed as a hero for rescuing the woman. But he, too, has reportedly found trouble for himself, being arrested on charges that he hit his wife while they delivered pizzas together, according to the Journal-Constitution.
Turner, who worked for Capelli's Pizza & Subs, told ABCNews.com last month that he initially didn't know what to think when he delivered the large supreme pizza, 10 hot wings and four bottles of 20-ounce soda to the cabin.
Turner, 32, said he saw the woman, whose name is not being released due to her accusation of sexual assault, laying on the couch when he asked Jansen to sign the credit card slip for the purchase.
The woman, on her back with her wrists tied, lifted herself up to look at Turner, he said, and mouthed "Call 911."
"I really didn't know to believe her at first," Turner said, adding that she was fully clothed and he at first thought he had stumbled onto a couple simply having a sexual encounter. "She really didn't look like she was in distress."
Turner said he mouthed back to the woman, asking if she was "for real" and decided she was serious after she rolled her eyes back at him.
Turner said he tried to play it cool with Jansen, then hopped back into the car where his wife was waiting and had her drive to the nearest neighbor's house to call 911 since his cell phone didn't get service in that part of the mountains.
"I was pale white and numb all over," he said. "I just told her to go."
Deputies initially believed Jansen's story that the two knew each other through a club that the woman owned with her husband and that they had discussed the bondage, but began doubting his account after speaking with the woman, according to police reports.
According to the woman's account to police in the report, Jansen pulled up next to her while she was jogging and asked her to come look at his new car. The woman told police she sat down but Jansen then tied her hands down with what she described as "pre-made restraints of rope," according to the report.
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