Transgender UM student wins restraining order against sexual assault suspect
Posted 9/27/2012
By GWEN FLORIO of the Missoulianhttp://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/transgender-um-student-wins-restraining-order-against-sexual-assault-suspect/article_89aeefea-091e-11e2-843e-0019bb2963f4.html<<TRIGGER WARNING>>
A University of Montana student accused of sexually assaulting and punching another student after learning she was transgender must stay away from her on campus and around town.
Missoula Municipal Court Judge Marie Andersen told Obioha Onwubiko that a yearlong restraining order she issued Thursday puts the onus on him to avoid Anita Green.
Green, who gave the Missoulian permission to use her name, testified at Thursday's hearing on the restraining order that they left the club after dancing awhile. Once outside, within view of several people standing around outside the Elks, Onwubiko began kissing her aggressively, biting her lips, tearing at her shirt and trying to put his hand down her pants. She said she shoved his hand away and started to back away from him.
"Then he grabbed my crotch. At this point, he found out I was transgender. I was completely terrified," she said. But she said that when she tried to go back into the club, he pursued her and punched her in the eye, knocking her to the sidewalk, where she briefly lost consciousness.
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Said Onwubiko, adding repeatedly, "I'm not gay."
Onwubiko is charged with sexual assault and assault, both misdemeanors. His trial is set for Oct. 26.
