Any gringo arrested and charged with a serious crime can expect to be held in preventive custody. I can give many examples of foreigners who were held until trial without bond.
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Agreed, and if they declare it a complex case then preventive is 12 months minimum.
Apparently you aren't careful as you stated, you are just another gringo fool who fell into the honey trap.
Usually is is women, often with the encouragement of their mothers, pulling this old hook 'em game
You better get across the island (or at least move apartments) and hide out and bring forward your departure date. May I suggest Turks & Caicos
Or ask him how much to make it go away ?
Also I doubt his mother is a judge - if fact I'd bet on that.
I hope he does not have a photo or your full name on your passport ?
Anyway you are getting a 3rd world education in a hurry.
And like other things with inflation - blackmail is much more expensive than it used to be.
Oh and don't think one payoff will be a one-and-done. That's just a taste of many more they will come at you with.
My bet is the young man has some sexy photos of you as well -
Hope you think it was worth it.
And just as I would bet this kid's mom is not a judge I bet this whole stroy is a DR1 'Honey Trap" - i.e. phony as hell
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I think it's very tough to be a gay man in the DR, especially outside of the big cities. A former work colleague and friend, a Scandinavian guy always had a hard time with his relationships with Dominican men. Some turned very violent.
And out in the campo, the old fashioned stigma is still very much alive.
When we baptised our kids, the Catholic father launched into a diatribe about the disgusting behaviour of homosexuality. I told the him that I did not want to indoctrinate my children into an institution that displays such intolerance. The history of the Catholic Church has a very jaded past with respect to abusing minors.
it sounds to me that the kid's mother is exploiting her son. My gut feeling says the kid is not a minor (the tattoo is the clue). The pair of them have embarked on a poorly planned attempt to scam the OP. Move hotels, change your SIM card and enjoy the rest of your stay.
And out in the campo, the old fashioned stigma is still very much alive.
When we baptised our kids, the Catholic father launched into a diatribe about the disgusting behaviour of homosexuality. I told the him that I did not want to indoctrinate my children into an institution that displays such intolerance. The history of the Catholic Church has a very jaded past with respect to abusing minors.
it sounds to me that the kid's mother is exploiting her son. My gut feeling says the kid is not a minor (the tattoo is the clue). The pair of them have embarked on a poorly planned attempt to scam the OP. Move hotels, change your SIM card and enjoy the rest of your stay.
This is precisely the crux of the matter! The OP, like anyone, visiting DR or any other country should, at the very least, do cursory research of the penal code and what is considered acceptable behavior in the visiting country. A brief couple of examples that differ in cultural and legal understanding from say USA are women's attire in a Muslim country and possession of cannabis related products in Russia (please lets not debate these issues here).
The dominican penal code Law 76-02 in Art. 226 establishes coercive measures one of which is preventive prison. Art. 16 limits preventive prison to a reasonable time frame but being a foreigner, and a flight risk, accused of a sex crime with a minor you are almost guaranteed one year in preventive prison. Also of note is there is no trial by jury in the DR.
There are plenty of gays in every city/town in the DR. At least in public there doesn't seem to be any discrimination against them.
In general most people down here do not care so long as they are not acting like attention seeking drama queens while out in public. Same applies to drug addicts and your local neighborhood drunk however I've never met a Dominican who would be ok with an adult gringo having sex with a poor Dominican child. He would be considered guilty from day one
I can understand why you are panicking, as if the world is about close in on you. Don't panic and try to relax. First of al the are almost certainly trying it on and are not serious with their threats. However in order to feel completely free of this spend the rest of your holiday in another town and block the WhatsApp numbers. You can get nice hotels for around 2000 pesos.
If she's a judge, with her terrible grammar, then I'm equal parts John Marshall, Louis Brandeis, Thurgood Marshall, William Brennan, and Earl Warren. And prior to joining SCOTUS, I was Perry Mason and Atticus Finch.
First rule...no cedula upon meeting, walk away without a word. The second rule I would follow is not posting this stuff in a forum.
Clearly these guys are out for money nothing more and they would have nothing to gain by going to the police. In fact by doing this it would become clear to everyone in the barrio that the young man is gay and sleeps with older men which wouldn't help his reputation a great deal. So I'm hoping they didn't make a report and I'm hoping the OP managed to leave.
Or as Bermudarum said he is a just another sock puppet in a seemingly endless supply of sock puppets.
If he lives in a barrio, everyone already knows he's gay. There's no secrets in a barrio!
It's one thing everyone knowing and another confessing it to the local police. And I suspect he isn't gay anyway. Gay for pay is more likely.
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