BOISE, Idaho — Former state Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger was found guilty Friday of raping a legislative intern by a 12-person jury after 11 hours of deliberations over the course of two days.
The jurors’ decision followed an emotional three-day trial in which key testimony from the woman, now 20, was cut short and stricken from deliberations.
Von Ehlinger was accused of two felony counts, rape and forcible penetration by use of a foreign object. The former intern, 19 at the time of the sexual assault, said he forced himself on her at his apartment after they had dinner. The jury found him not guilty on the forcible penetration charge.
