People v. Housh CA1/3

I. FACTS

A. The Victim’s Testimony The victim testified that Housh continually assaulted her in her home on June 27, 28, and 29, 2011. She said that she and Housh had a romantic relationship beginning in July 2009, after she was separated from her husband for a year. The victim worked as a geologist, but suffered from chronic pain after injuring her back. She was not working and had been mostly on bed rest for years when she met Housh at a grocery store. She received financial assistance from her husband and father. Housh moved into her San Rafael home in December 2009, and she supported him financially.

2 The victim said Housh first physically assaulted her at the end of December 2009, after she tried to break up with him. He shoved her into the walls of buildings and threw her to the ground on an outing to San Francisco. They had consensual sex through the spring of 2010, but he forced her to have sex on a trip to Montana in May of that year. After that, he raped her twice a week for about a year. The victim suffered her first “really big beating” from Housh on October 26, 2010, when he pinned her on the bed, slapped her on the sides of her head, and suffocated her with a…