Ian Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, was detained in April in Metz, France, after a three-year search. He is accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Gettysburg College student in 2013. Cleary had been the subject of an international search since authorities in Pennsylvania issued a felony warrant in the case in 2021.
This undated wanted poster, provided by the U.S. Marshals, shows Ian Cleary, of Saratoga, Calif. U.S. French Appeal Court prosecutors said an American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and laterThe Appeal Court prosecutors’ office in Metz, in northeastern France , said Ian ClearyCleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, was detained in April in Metz after a three-year search. He has been held in custody pending extradition proceedings since his arrest.
Cleary had been the subject of an international search since authorities in Pennsylvania issued a 2021 felony warrant in the case weeks afterThe arrest warrant accuses Cleary of stalking an 18-year-old Gettysburg College student at a party in 2013, sneaking into her dorm and sexually assaulting her while she texted friends for help. He was a 20-year-old Gettysburg student at the time, but didn’t return to campus.
The accuser, Shannon Keeler, had a rape exam done the same day. She gathered witnesses and evidence and spent years urging officials to file charges. She went to authorities again in 2021 after discovering the Facebook messages that seemed to come from Cleary’s account.“I’ll never do it to anyone ever again.”According to the June 2021 warrant, police verified that the Facebook account used to send the messages belonged to Cleary.
The AP doesn’t typically identify sexual assault victims without their permission, which Keeler has granted.
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