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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ap Correspondent

The ‘Gone Girl’ kidnapper faces new charges after police called crime a hoax

Lawyer Anthony Douglas Rappaport speaks at a news conference with his clients, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn, right, in San Francisco - (Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman in what became widely known as the “Gone Girl” kidnapping has been charged with two 15-year-old home invasion sexual assaults, it was confirmed on Monday.

Prosecutors allege Matthew Muller, 47, broke into a woman’s home in Mountain View, California, in September 2009, attacked her, tied her up and made her drink medications. He then told the woman in her 30s that he was going to rape her, but she convinced him not to, prosecutors said. Muller left after recommending the woman get a dog.

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