NY Daily News
A Brooklyn man lashed out at the woman he is accused of keeping as a sex slave yesterday, claiming their relationship was consensual and the tryst started when she posted an ad on craigslist looking for a kinky hookup.
In an exclusive jailhouse interview, John Hopkins said he has one question for the Wisconsin woman who has accused him of rape: “Why did you do this to me?”
Wearing a gray Department of Correction jumpsuit, Hopkins, 45, looked disheveled and unshaven as he recalled responding to the ad his accuser posted on craigslist two years ago looking for sex.
The Williamsburg resident said they started to meet up for role-play sex sessions that involved him tying her up as the “slave” while he acted as “master.”
“I didn’t rape her,” insisted Hopkins, who works as an audio engineer. “Everything we did was role-playing. In the game of role-play, the ‘slave’ actually has the power.”
Hopkins is holed up in Rikers Island in lieu of $350,000 bail. He faces a first-degree rape charge and a litany of other charges.
The victim, whose name has not been released, claimed that she was the one to respond to Hopkins’ advertisement about a room in his apartment, and he offered her free rent in exchange for cooking.