Woman Falsely Claimed Sexual Assault, Charges Filed: Delco DA

UPLAND, PA — A Delaware County woman is facing charges after allegedly making a false report of being sexually assaulted, authorities said.

Delaware County District Attorney Katayoun M. Copeland said Shian Skylar Mengini, 18, of Upland, is charged with making a false report after allegedly claiming a woman sexually assaulted her.

Mengini was arrested May 7 and released May 8 on $15,000 unsecured bail, authorities said.

Upland Police Department and Detective Michael Palmer and Sergeant Kenneth Bellis of the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office Criminal Investigation Division (CID) started investigating the case after getting a report of an alleged sexual assault that had occurred inside a home on the 400 block of Juniper Lane in Upland on April 20.

On April 20, Mengini came to the Upland Police Department and claimed she was sexually assaulted while within her residence, the DA's office said.

Mengini was taken to Crozer Chester Medical Center and CID detectives later arrived meet with her.

According to the DA's office, Mengini told detectives that a woman she met online came over to her home and began kissing her.

Mengini claimed that she locked herself in a bathroom and told the woman she was married, the DA's office said.

Mengini said when she unlocked the bathroom door, the woman entered the bathroom, and undressed Mengini, touching her in a sexual way, thereafter following her into the bedroom, according to the DA's office.

The DA's office said after the alleged assault, Mengini said ran out of the house to the police department to report the sexual assault.

On April 25, Mengini’s husband spoke with law enforcement and later met with CID detectives.

He told detectives Mengini got threatening messages from the other woman’s husband, the DA's office said.

CID detectives interviewed Mengeni who ultimately admitted that she had sent the threatening messages to herself using spoofed numbers, according to the DA's office.

During the interview with detectives, Mengini admitted the sexual encounter with the woman was consensual, and she had falsely claimed she had been sexually assaulted because she was mad at her husband and had nothing to occupy her time as she did not have friends in the area, the DA's office said.

Her preliminary hearing is slated for May 16, court records show.