The alleged victim has her own history with alcohol abuse, and Schweizer once obtained a restraining order against her several years ago, Palazzo said. Most telling in the restraining order is that the alleged victim indicated if he slept in the living room, she would call the police and falsely accuse him of rape, Palazzo said. So she already has the basis to make a false accusation.
Palazzo said the woman declined to give police a written statement at the scene of the alleged rape on April 21. When she was brought to the local hospital, she was so intoxicated she declined medical treatment and threw bodily fluids at the staff, he said.
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State police charged Ian Schweizer, 38, with simple assault after the alleged April 21 incident, but at a virtual court hearing on Tuesday, a prosecutor said Schweizer would also face four additional counts of sexual and aggravated assault. A hearing to determine whether he will stay in jail while the case is heard, originally scheduled for Thursday, was postponed until next week.
The incident comes a month after the state Attorney General s Office issued a report concluding there was a breakdown in communication between state police and the Sussex prosecutors over the 2017 allegations, but no signs of improper or corrupt influence. Some troopers from the Sussex barracks had claimed Schweizer s family connections had played a role in the dismissal of the charges.
Man who had sexual assault charges controversially dropped faces new sex assault charges
Updated Apr 28, 2021;
The son of a former county official, who in 2017 was charged with sexual assault in a case that sparked a feud between State Police and local prosecutors, now faces sexual assault charges stemming from an April incident, officials said.
Ian Schweizer, 38, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of aggravated assault stemming from an incident inside a Sandyston home on April 21, a spokeswoman for the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said. He was previously charged with simple assault.
A scheduled detention hearing for the simple assault charge on Tuesday was postponed until Thursday so all charges could be heard at the same time, Schweizer’s lawyer said during a Zoom call.
Man who had assault charges dropped now charged in new domestic violence incident, court records show
Updated 1:58 PM;
The new assault charges against the son of a former county official, which come years after dropped sexual assault charges in a separate case against him lead to a fight between State Police and local prosecutors, were domestic in nature, court documents show.
Ian Schweizer, 38, faces simple assault charges after police were called to a Sandyston home on April 21 for a report of a sexual assault, court records show.
Schweizer was previously accused of attacking a woman outside a bar and was charged, but the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office decided there was not enough evidence, kicking off a years long battle with corruption allegations levied by both agencies.