A California man who attacked a fellow Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and years later sent her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexual assault.
The plea, in the Adams County Court of Common Pleas in Gettysburg, Pa., capped a case in which Shannon Keeler, 30, the woman who was attacked, spent years pressing the authorities to bring charges against the man, Ian Cleary. 32.
Mr. Cleary
attacked
Ms. Keeler in her dorm room on the night of Dec. 15, 2013, when they were both students at Gettysburg College, kissing her and then having sex with her without her consent, prosecutors said.
Years later, in 2019, Mr. Cleary sent Ms. Keeler a series of Facebook messages about the attack. The Adams County District Attorney’s Office
brought charges
against Mr. Cleary in 2021, setting off a search that ended with his
arrest in 2024 in France
and his extradition to the United States in January.
Under a plea agreement, Mr. Cleary will face a maximum possible sentence of four to eight years in prison when he is sentenced by Judge Kevin A. Hess on Oct. 20, according to John Abom, Mr. Cleary’s lawyer.
Mr. Cleary can receive credit for his time in custody since his April 2024 arrest, Mr. Abom said. He is being held at the Adams County Adult Correctional Complex.
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