“Drink Your Drink:” Gruesome Details Revealed In Tony Zendejas Rape Case
24 October 2008, 2:00 PM. By Daniel Mauser
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Former NFL kicker Tony Zendejas will stand trial for his alleged rape in January of a woman at his Mexican restaurant in San Dimas, California. Now that the charges are set, the general public can take its first look at just what the victim, known in court proceedings as “Jane Doe,” alleges Zendejas put her through.
If her testimony is true, then Zendejas moved the rape forward by adding a few extra ingredients to “Jane Doe’s” cocktail.
She said when she would visit the restaurant Zendejas would often bring her glasses of the same drink. But on the night of the alleged rape, she said the drink had a different effect than usual.
She recalled dancing with her friend Janette and feeling uncoordinated. She asked her friend whether she was dancing strangely, and her friend told her she wasn’t.
She also recalled being in the bathroom with Janette, the two of them laughing loudly for no apparent reason.
Later she sat at a table and tried to attach a strap on her purse that had become undone.
“I was in a zombie state, a paralyzed state, because I was fiddling with my purse,” she said.
At one point in the night, her friend Janette told her that Zendejas had her car keys. Janette told her she didn’t want her driving home.
She said she asked Zendejas for her keys, and he shook his head “no.”
She said she danced for Zendejas for one song.
One time when she returned to the table from the dance floor, there was a third red drink at her seat. She said she didn’t want to drink it because of the odd effect the previous drinks were having on her.
“I don’t want that. I want water,” she said she told Zendjas.
“Drink your drink,” Zendejas said in response, she said.
If that doesn’t indicate a likely drugging, then we don’t know what could. Zendejas has denied the allegations, and no date has been set for the start of the trial.
On a side note, the Zendejas’ sports bar, aptly named the Zendejas Mexican Restaurant, appears to still be open despite the alleged incident and is accepting bookings for Christmas parties. The restaurant’s website also still features multiple pictures and mentions of the kicker, despite his pending trial. We would have thought a rape charge would have been bad for business. Apparently, we would have been wrong.
Detailed notes from testimony at Zendejas preliminary hearing [Inland Empire Courts]
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