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You know, wide enough to actually get a large amount of food in my mouth. i also have bruises everywhere just from being hit in the face, as well as being hit on the ground. >> olson was only at the jail less than 24 hours before the attack. he had been out on bond before he was convicted and sentenced to five years for rape by instrumentation and was awaiting transfer to prison. nava and gonzalez say they attacked him because he raped a 12-year-old girl. but that was a false jailhouse rumor. >>...

Jail, inmate rafael gonzalez recently assaulted erik olson because olson had just been convicted of a sex crime against a minor. inmate deany nava joined the attack, as well. olson wound up in the hospital. gonzalez is awaiting trial on multiple charges, including aggravated assault and battery, but now his attack on olson may result in new criminal charges. >> what do you think is going to happen to you, rafael? >> honestly, i dont know. he abused a little girl. and hes right next to me. what a...

Theyll learn. i have no reason not to forgive because ive been forgiven so many things. >> i get lots of people that get victimized but they dont want to cooperate. its just part of the job. but due to the circumstances surrounding this, the inmates that were involved in the assault, i think its a better route to go ahead and file the charges and seek prosecution. >> olson is awaiting transfer to prison to serve a five-year sentence for his crime. though he has been cleared by doctors to return ...

Than the charge implies, he still became a target. rafael gonzalez threw the first punch. >> kind of like slow motion coming right at my face and i cant do anything about it. everything else just kind of seemed secondary to just me protecting, you know, the vital parts. >> deany nava also joined in on the attack. >> something must have happened because the next thing i know im lying on the ground in a pool of blood and just kind of coming in and out of consciousness. and i well remember waking u...

Nationwide. but eric olson, who arrived at tulsa county less than 24 hourss earlier but proved to be a magnet for violence. in this surveillance footage, olson is talking to the pod officer when he is brutally attacked. inmate rafael gonzalez begins the assault. officer love immediately calls for backup and orders him to stop. gonzalez is then joined by another inmate, nava, and both men continue beating olson. jail policy prevents officer love from attempting to break up the fight on his own. b...

You have power over somebody who is underneath you, and thats why they make it illegal. and i dont believe that i was in any way aggressive. it was kind of one of those just naturally occurred type of things. it was a comfortable situation for me, and unfortunately that comfort led to no boundaries being properly made for myself. for me, now, theres no doubt in my mind that i made a completely immoral and illegal choice. >> olson was sentenced to five years in state prison for the crime and is n...

Talk to inmate olson and see if he wants to be a complaining witness. mr. olson, sergeant rames from the investigations unit. how are you feeling? >> im all right. >> youre okay. you were assaulted in j-16 the other day, correct? i need to know if youre willing to cooperate in the prosecution of the case against the inmates who assaulted you. >> i dont want to. >> you want to decline the charges? just to let you know, we are submitting charges to the district attorneys office on behalf of the st...

>> i taught at a private christian school. i also was the interim youth coordinator at the church that i attended, and its kind of a church school and she was one of my students. i think we both knew that we were dancing around liking each other for a long period of time. but i dont think we would call it a relationship for longer than three or four months. one of the students in my -- both at my youth group and the class i was teaching made some allegations. not the correct ones that eventually...

He also says and court documents corroborate that he did not force himself on the victim. >> i taught at a private christian school. i also was the interim youth coordinator at the church that i attended, and its kind of a church school and she was one of my students. i think we both knew that we were dancing around liking each other for a long period of time. but i dont think we would call it a relationship for longer than three or four months. one of the students in my -- both at my youth grou...

Olsons injuries are too severe to be treated on-site and he will be transported to a local hospital. olson was not a random victim. he had been out of jail on bond, but less than 24 hours earlier, he was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for rape by instrumentation. his victim was a minor and other inmates almost always target known sex offenders for violence. >> child molestation is not the cool thing to be doing, man. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> the guards, they tried to get him ...