One of the alleged victims of a rogue police officer says she was too embarrassed to tell her boyfriend that the officer offered to let her go from a DUI stop if she showed him her body.
The woman, identified in court as Melissa M., was 22 years-old when former San Diego police officer Anthony Arevalos stopped her in the Gaslamp Quarter on January 9, 2010.
She said Arevalos asked if she'd be willing to pull down the top of her dress if he'd let her go.
But new evidence revealed today that "Melissa M's" blood alcohol was only .06, which is under the .08 limit, meaning Arevalos could not have arrested her for DUI.
On the witness stand Monday, Melissa M. testified that Arevalos had talked "dirty" to her.
One of her friends also testified that Melissa M. told her the officer was "talking nasty" to her.
But under cross examination, Melissa M. acknowledged she could have driven away from the scene. She also said she did not return several phone calls from a detective, who helped build the criminal case against Arevalos after he was arrested and fired from the department earlier this year.
Check back for more updates from Monday's court session.
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