Online dating is like a box of chocolates, you never know who you're going to get
Posted by: Jon on 06/08/2013 12:49 PM [ Comments ]
A woman freshly divorced turns to the internet in order to meet someone new to help her shake off the past life. The woman opened up to this 'new' man and soon began dating him online, sharing intimate details of her personal life and struggles with her abusive ex-husband.
The woman was surprised to find out that her new man was not who he claimed to be, he was actually her ex-husband, and he had set up the profile in order to stalk her.
The Park Rapids Enterprise reports that Brian Matthew Cornelius, a 36-year-old Sturgeon Lake man, created an elaborate online persona under an assumed name and with borrowed photographs to strike up a digital relationship with his former wife who now lives in West St. Paul, according to charges filed Tuesday in Dakota County District Court.
Prosecutors say Cornelius went so far as to arrange to watch her through a webcam and persuade her to skip a court appearance in which she was seeking an order for protection against him, Phone calls for Cornelius and his most recent attorney of record were not returned Thursday.
The woman “confided intimate details of her life and daily activities” with Carpenter, including her difficulties with Cornelius. She also let him see her in her home via a webcam, the complaint said.
In March 2012, after an alleged physical assault by Cornelius, the woman told Carpenter about her plans to get an order for protection against her ex-husband.
Carpenter persuaded her to skip the court date, and the request for an order was subsequently dismissed.
The Park Rapids Enterprise reports that Brian Matthew Cornelius, a 36-year-old Sturgeon Lake man, created an elaborate online persona under an assumed name and with borrowed photographs to strike up a digital relationship with his former wife who now lives in West St. Paul, according to charges filed Tuesday in Dakota County District Court.
Prosecutors say Cornelius went so far as to arrange to watch her through a webcam and persuade her to skip a court appearance in which she was seeking an order for protection against him, Phone calls for Cornelius and his most recent attorney of record were not returned Thursday.
The woman “confided intimate details of her life and daily activities” with Carpenter, including her difficulties with Cornelius. She also let him see her in her home via a webcam, the complaint said.
In March 2012, after an alleged physical assault by Cornelius, the woman told Carpenter about her plans to get an order for protection against her ex-husband.
Carpenter persuaded her to skip the court date, and the request for an order was subsequently dismissed.
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