Beer Pong Rapist May Have Drugged, Assaulted 30 Men: Prosecutor

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Gaithersburg real estate appraiser Joey Poindexter, convicted last month of sexually assaulting five men he met at beer pong events, faces a maximum of 200 years in prison.

Poindexter, 40, was found guilty in February of eight sexual offenses related to assaults of four men. In January, he was found guilty in a separate trial of sexually assaulting another man, reports WTOP. One of the incidents happened in College Park.

Prosecutors filed papers this week that say Poindexter may have sexually abused at least 25 others, reports The Washington Post. His sentencing is scheduled to conclude with a second hearing next month.

All five victims had been drinking and may have been drugged, prosecutors said Friday. None of the men consented to sex.

The College Park case was made public in November 2013 by Montgomery County Police, who said they were investigating what they believe could be a series of rapes of young males lured from social events such as beer pong tournaments.

In early October 2013, a college student told a patrol officer in Silver Spring that he met a man at a beer pong tournament at Looney’s Pub in College Park and was taken to a residence in Gaithersburg. Police said the men had “un-consensual forced sex.”

The student went to police the next day and Poindexter was charged a week later. Police said other victims with similar stories came forward after the College Park incident.

After his arrest, Montgomery Police said they believed Poindexter had been targeting young men for about 10 years. Local authorities contacted law enforcement in Las Vegas, Dallas, Atlantic City, Salt Lake City and Virginia Beach—locations they claim Poindexter visited to attend beer pong, BMX and skateboarding events.

A friend of Poindexter’s told The Washington Post that he was a “nice guy” and a beer pong regular. A manager at Looney’s told the newspaper that Poindexter, whom he described as “quiet,” showed up to the matches weekly and generally won.

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