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Alternately tearful and combative, an 18-year-old alleged kidnap victim denied Wednesday that she is fabricating a story that her jilted boyfriend pulled a knife on her while he was driving the two of them to St. Laurent Shopping Centre.
As they drove, the teen has testified, she was so afraid that she told Andrew Bettencourt that she loved him and wanted to get back – so he would drive to the shopping centre as promised and not attack her again.
But after they arrived at the St. Laurent Mall where he was going to get a bus, she told Bettencourt to get out of the car, adding: “You’re crazy. You don’t love me. This is obsession.”
The teen also testified that once at the centre, Bettencourt, 22, lifted her by her Canada Goose coat in a threatening manner while they were standing on a sidewalk, and she refused to let him back into the car when he tried to do so.
But according to defence lawyer Paolo Giancaterino, the young woman’s version of events will conflict with the recollection of a police officer who happened to be close by and who has yet to testify at Bettencourt’s trial.
According to Giancaterino, the police officer will testify that she saw Bettencourt get back into the car with the teen and watched them drive off together.
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The officer, he said, did not see Bettencourt lift her by the coat.
The teen, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, vehemently denied she had allowed Bettencourt back in her car.
“I wanted him out of my life,” she said, tearfully.
Bettencourt is pleading not guilty to kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault charges. He has been in custody since the incident allegedly happened in January.
Earlier, the teen had described an assault in the basement bedroom she and Bettencourt shared in her father’s house.
Bettencourt kicked and punched her, she said, and then hit her several times with a large internal trunk protector from her family’s BMW.
He then snatched and smashed her phone.
‘You care more about that thing than you care about me,” Andrew Bettencourt allegedly told her, as he snatched the phone.
Shortly after the alleged altercation her father arrived home.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
The young woman ran upstairs to her father, a police officer.
“I was crying,” she said. “He broke my phone.”
During his cross-examination, Giancaterino said there was no disagreement over whether Bettencourt smashed her phone, but he accused the teen of fabricating the assault.
Despite telling police a week later that the Jan. 23 basement attack had left her with numerous bruises, a nurse who examined her entire body found none, said the lawyer.
“Bruises go away,” she said. “I had no reason to lie.”
The trial continues.
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As they drove, the teen has testified, she was so afraid that she told Andrew Bettencourt that she loved him and wanted to get back – so he would drive to the shopping centre as promised and not attack her again.
But after they arrived at the St. Laurent Mall where he was going to get a bus, she told Bettencourt to get out of the car, adding: “You’re crazy. You don’t love me. This is obsession.”
The teen also testified that once at the centre, Bettencourt, 22, lifted her by her Canada Goose coat in a threatening manner while they were standing on a sidewalk, and she refused to let him back into the car when he tried to do so.
But according to defence lawyer Paolo Giancaterino, the young woman’s version of events will conflict with the recollection of a police officer who happened to be close by and who has yet to testify at Bettencourt’s trial.
According to Giancaterino, the police officer will testify that she saw Bettencourt get back into the car with the teen and watched them drive off together.
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The officer, he said, did not see Bettencourt lift her by the coat.
The teen, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, vehemently denied she had allowed Bettencourt back in her car.
“I wanted him out of my life,” she said, tearfully.
Bettencourt is pleading not guilty to kidnapping, forcible confinement and assault charges. He has been in custody since the incident allegedly happened in January.
Earlier, the teen had described an assault in the basement bedroom she and Bettencourt shared in her father’s house.
Bettencourt kicked and punched her, she said, and then hit her several times with a large internal trunk protector from her family’s BMW.
He then snatched and smashed her phone.
‘You care more about that thing than you care about me,” Andrew Bettencourt allegedly told her, as he snatched the phone.
Shortly after the alleged altercation her father arrived home.
“What’s going on?” he asked.
The young woman ran upstairs to her father, a police officer.
“I was crying,” she said. “He broke my phone.”
During his cross-examination, Giancaterino said there was no disagreement over whether Bettencourt smashed her phone, but he accused the teen of fabricating the assault.
Despite telling police a week later that the Jan. 23 basement attack had left her with numerous bruises, a nurse who examined her entire body found none, said the lawyer.
“Bruises go away,” she said. “I had no reason to lie.”
The trial continues.
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
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