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Palatine Woman Accused of Helping to Rob Man at Motel After He Says 'No' to Sex Act: Prosecutors
The victim met the woman and a Des Plaines man last week through an online ad offering a massage at Rolling Meadows motel.
A Palatine woman got in trouble with the law for not taking "no" for an answer.
Or at least she allegedly wouldn't accept that answer unless she was paid $200 from a man who declined her offer to perform a sex act on him.
The woman, along with a Des Plaines man, is accused of robbing a man after she met him via an online classifieds for a massage at a Rolling Meadows motel, the Daily Herald reports.
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Deborah Ayorinde, 20, and Romaine Bennett, 23, were charged with robbery and could face three to seven years in prison if convicted. Their next court date is July 18.
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Prosecutors claim the victim answered the couple's ad for a massage from a woman at a Rolling Meadows motel the morning of Monday, June 27, the report stated. When the man arrived, Ayorinde allegedly asked him if he wanted a sex act performed him, and he declined, the report added.
Ayorinde, however, demanded to be paid $200, and she followed the victim to his car, where a struggle ensued, according to the Herald. While the two fought, Bennett is accused of getting in the back seat of the man's car.
During the scuffle, Bennett grabbed the victim's shirt, and Ayorinde was able to snatch the man's $200, the report stated. The couple then fled, but they were eventually captured by police, the report added.
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