MINNESOTA (KRON) — A man has been cleared of sexual assault charges after admitting he ejaculated into a female co-worker’s coffee cup.
John Robert Lind was originally charged with sexual assault, but a loophole in Minnesota law doesn’t categorize his behavior as a sex crime, a judge ruled.
The victim, Pat Maahs, says she is fighting the ruling and hopes to close the loophole, which would require Lind to register as a sex offender.
According to Maahs, she and Lind worked together for 14 years at Beisswengers hardware store in New Brighton, Minnesota. Over the past six months, she noticed her coffee tasted funny. According to Maahs, she caught her co-worker at her desk and noticed a puddle of fluid. That’s when she realized what had been going on.
“Lind said that he likes [the victim] and is attracted to her,” court documents state. “Lind admitted that he ejaculated on [the victim’s] desk and in her coffee on August 26, 2014.”
When investigators questioned Lind about the incident, he admitted to ejaculating in the woman’s coffee twice. He also admitted to ejaculating on her desk and belongings on other occasions, police said.
“When asked why he did this, Lind said he thought it was a way to get [the victim] to notice him,” the court documents state.