Woman talks her way out of rape situation, police say

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Woman talks her way out of rape situation, police say
By Ben Winslow
Deseret News
Published: Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 11:53 a.m. MST

A quick thinking woman managed to talk a man out of raping her several times, Cedar City police said.
The 21-year-old woman went out on a first date with a fellow student at Southern Utah University on Sunday night, police said, ending up at his apartment.
"It was the first time they'd met and been together for any length of time," Cedar City police detective Mike Bleak said Wednesday. "They went back to his place and were watching a movie and he allegedly jumped her."

Police said the woman tried to fight him off, but was dragged into the bedroom.
"She tried to escape and he held a knife to her throat and told her if she'd escape, he'd kill her," Bleak said.
The woman told police the man attempted to rape her several times, but she fought him off and managed to talk him out of it. For the next several hours, Bleak said the woman was held captive in the apartment.

"He assaulted her several times, but she was able to talk him down several times and get him to calm down. Then he would attack her again," Bleak said.
About 7 a.m. Monday, police said the woman was able to persuade the man to let her go. She went home and told the family she was living with, who took her to the hospital and notified officers. Police later arrested Woonghee Cho, 21, and booked him into the Iron County Jail on investigation of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual assault and forcible sodomy. He remains in jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.