A Maryland man has been sentenced to 150 years in the slammer after being found guilty of raping five different guys who he met at beer pong tournaments, though prosecutors suspect he may have sexually assaulted more than two dozen others.
40-year-old Joey Poindexter (pictured) has been nicknamed the “Beer Pong Rapist” after being convicted of 11 counts of second- and third-degree sex offenses. He was sentenced to a century and a half in prison on Wednesday in a Montgomery County Circuit Court.
“He hunted human beings,” prosector John McCarthy told the court. “He knew what he was about. He did it in serial fashion for years.”
According to prosectors, Pointdexter “preyed on young men” at beer pong tournaments, getting them drunk, then drugging them and ultimately taping himself as he sexually assaulted them.
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Police first learned about scheme after one of the victims reported the attack. He agreed to wear a wire and confront Pointdexter about it. During their conversation, Poindexter told the young man, “If it makes you feel any better, I don’t have any fucking AIDS.”
After searching his home, police found photos and videos of at least 30 sexual assault victims and “thousands” of explicit images on Pointdexter’s hard drive. So far, they have only been able to identify five of the victims. Of those five, the majority of them didn’t even know they had been assaulted until police showed them the evidence.
Pointdexter’s attorney says law enforcement officials “cheated” in their investigation, claiming that had they not shown the men the photos, they never would have pressed charges. He also says his client plans on appealing the 150 year sentence.
“Those victims,” the lawyer said, “are going to have to testify again.”
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Stephen Meeks
Sounds like the scum hired a scum lawyer
Arcamenel
Finally the sentence fits the crime.
blasted
So for all of those idiot watching BB porn studios LIKE Fraternity X and thinking about getting a dude drunk, and having your way with him. That is RAPE and it is a crime. And you will go to Jail for it. Like that guy in the UK who did almost the same thing at a Pub.
Billy Budd
A life sentence seems harsh!
Alan down in Florida
@Billy Budd: No it doesn’t. This man is a dangerous sexual predator.
Paul Tidd
Wow, his attorney sounds like a real piece of human garbage.
mmichael_24
Waiting to see all the stupid people that will leave a comment saying “this isn’t right” and “he shouldn’t be in jail for that long” we all know it’s coming.
oilburner
Is anyone else besides me excited about the season 3 premiere of Orphan Black tonight? I’m so god damn excited I could get myself drunk while playing ping pong with myself, record myself molesting myself.
scotshot
@Billy Budd: Sympathetic?
lauraspencer
Very creepy and wrong. He should be punished.
My question is do men who rape women ever get these length of sentences? I can’t recall ever hearing about this kind of punishment for a man raping women. Anyone have any idea?
lcandela123
Anyone know how it could be that if the police show a victim evidence of a crime committed against them, that this would considered “cheating”, by which I think the scum lawyer means unlawful?
dave lopes
He would have received a lighter sentence for murder.
JoeyRamone
Love to see that video. Hot.
Kelly Keigwin
If only men who raped women got these kinds of sentences. Male on male sex is viewed as more worthy of harsh punishment. He deserves it, but I just wish men cared about all sexual assault. It happens every minute of every day.
Franklin
How many times have you heard gay men say the difference between a gay man and straight man is a six pack of beer? How many gay porn sites are built around the premise seducing straight guys by any means necessary? Even when reading articles about incidents like this we have people joking about how hot is. I’m sorry, but I’ve always felt like we take stuff like this way too lightly in the gay community, and I think having a porn industry centered around the worship of straight men contributes to that in a big way. There are plenty of gay men that to have sex with.
mmichael_24
@Franklin: so true
Franklin
Edited: How many times have you heard gay men say the difference between a gay man and straight man is a six pack of beer? How many gay porn sites are built around the premise seducing straight guys by any means necessary? Even when reading articles about incidents like this we have people joking about how hot it is. I’m sorry, but I’ve always felt like we take stuff like this way too lightly in the gay community, and I think having a porn industry centered around the worship of straight men contributes to that in a big way. There are plenty of gay men around to have sex with.
Giancarlo85
@Franklin: Somebody who can’t discern fantasy from reality needs a reality check. Those so-called straight guys in gay porn are most likely gay. I don’t see how you could connect the porn industry to this story. There was nothing about that in the story.
jason smeds
Giancarlo,
You sound ridiculous. Here’s a fact: most of the men who do male-male porn are simply in it for the money. They’re not doing it out of a need for sexual expression or “sexual freedom”.
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: You’re the one that sounds ridiculous and you have stupid fantasies about reality. Are you on drugs when you post here? Your tid-bit under the other article about equating sex acts with sexual orientation.
Yes, most of the men in gay porn are in it for the money. Doesn’t change the fact that their either gay or bisexual, dimwit.
You’re about as stupid as it comes.
Giancarlo85
@Giancarlo85: *Your tid-bit under the other article about equating sex acts with sexual orientation was truly ridiculous.
Thanks for showing your true colors, smeds!
Chris DeMay
He’s going to get raped as soon as he walks into the prison!!
Franklin
@Giancarlo85: Ummmm, he’s not wrong. There are a lot of gay for pay actors out there currently in the gay porn industry. Sean Cody, Fratmen, Corbin Fisher, and the like employ many straight men. These studios sell the illusion of accessible straight men to gay men who readily open their wallets to lap up. As far as connecting this to porn, I stand by what I said. For Christ sake, this whole story reads like the plot line out of some “str8 bait” porn. I mean meeting some guy, playing beer pong with him, getting him drunk, and then having your way with him.
Giancarlo85
@Franklin: That’s simple fantasy. They may say they are straight but it’s to get people like you off… and turned onto the porn because you have a fantasy about seducing straight men. You’re about as stupid as it gets.
And porn is fantasy. If someone can’t distinguish between fantasy and reality they need to be put in a mental hospital.
Paco
Considering the number of victims, I would say the punishment is very appropriate. The man is clearly a serial sexual predator that had to be stopped.
ScottOnEarth
“The police cheated”? Seriously? Scum begets scum, apparently.
SteveDenver
The average sentence for drugging and raping women is 6-8 years. Hopefully this raises the sentencing for all perpetrators of rape.
jason smeds
Giancarlo,
I do agree with you that porn is fantasy. It is a paid-for fantasy. The performers are paid by the producers to perform an event and then the voyeur who purchases the recording of the event has to pay the producers to watch it.
There are two payments made – ie one to the performers and another to the producers. Like I said, it’s a fantasy involving a chain of payments. Follow the money trail.
Giancarlo85
@jason smeds: You’re going off on some tangent. I am not talking about the money, the producers, or whoever. Learn how to stay on topic.
Can somebody show me where I was discussing porn producers or payments made to porn stars? This man must have some sort of reading comprehension problem.
Mark Craig
OMG – I couldn’t believe his defense attorney – blaming the police and the victims for pressing charges. They don’t know anything, so what’s the problem??
Billy Budd
@scotshot: No, I abhor it. But a life sentence is a life sentence.
Saint Law
Jason Smeds would call these encounters’dates’.
Franklin
@Giancarlo85: I’m curious to know, how many people do you know in the porn industry? I mean since you seem to think you know so much about the actors, to such a point you call me stupid. How many do you know personally. Did you ask them if they are gay, or did you just assume they are because they can bottom on camera?
Franklin
@Giancarlo85: It’s a well known fact actors in gay porn are offered more money than their straight counter parts. Thats why in the early days of the industry there were several actors in straight porn that readily the crossed over into gay porn. Such as Peter North. Also, I see you insist on again making assumptions about me. You say statements such as “people like you”, and “to get you turned on.” How many times do I have to tell you, as much as you think you know me, you know nothing about me. You’re really not half as perceptive as you’d like to think you are.
Giancarlo85
I@Franklin: Back at you, since you apparently know everything about the porn industry. What you are doing is quite clear… You are trying to blame porn for the crimes this man committed. You have no proof at all for your erroneous statements.
@Franklin: A well known fact? Uh huh sure. You have no proof for anything you say. I wasn’t talking about money and a guy can be bisexual. But I am sure you will come back at me and say bisexuality doesn’t exist. You are a typical know-it-all troll. You came out of nowhere and started posting stupid assumptions about a crime you have no clue about. This was driven by a motivation to criticize porn. Soon after you go off subject about gay porn actors being paid more.
Again, try to stay on subject. I don’t care if a bi porn actor is being paid more doing gay porn.
Billy Budd
@Giancarlo85: You’re really not half as perceptive as you’d like to think you are . I totally agree with Franklin on that. You still believe I am not Brazilian, for crhrissakes!
Clark35
@Franklin: Exactly. However this guy is creepy and deserves the punishment he got.
Clark35
@Franklin: Those guys who did hetero porn and then went to gay porn, or vice-versa are bisexual. It’s a myth that you make a lot of money being in any porn: bisexual, gay, or hetero.
dave lopes
@Chris DeMay: No he is not.
Giancarlo85
@Billy Budd: Actually I’m very perceptive. And yes, I know you’re not Brazilian… so lets move on from that.
dave lopes
If you are able to get aroused to have sex with the same gender…..pay or no pay….you are at the least bi-sexual.
Gay for pay is nonsense. Acting on the same gender attraction for pay is a better description.
Franklin
@Giancarlo85: No I do believe in bisexuality, I just don’t believe it is a widespread as some would like to believe. I’ve had sex with women before, that doesn’t mean I’m bisexual. I know that I’m gay. Also, again you make assumptions. I have no problem with porn, nor did not write my response to criticize all porn. I just feel like their is an obsession in some areas of the gay community with straight men and some porn feeds into that. By mentioning that I am in no way excusing what this guy did. He’s a lowlife that deserves to go to jail.
Billy Budd
@Giancarlo85: You’re nuts , that’s what you are.
Giancarlo85
@Franklin: LOL. Keep saying that. These guys in gay porn are not straight. And I don’t care what you do. You are not relevant to anything.
You went off on some stupid tangent… it has nothing to do with the subject of this article.
Giancarlo85
@Billy Budd: Speak for yourself. You have weird fantasies for straight guys.
Franklin
@dave lopes: You know there are drugs out there that people use regularly to get and maintain an erections. Cialias and Bimix are two that come mind and have been admittedly used by some stars in the industry.@Giancarlo85: You know what, you win. Everything you say is right. I’m after all like you said, just troll. So let me do what trolls do and retreat under my bridge.
Tookietookie123
@Billy Budd: You’ve clearly never been sexually assaulted.
Billy Budd
@Giancarlo85: You are a troll.
Jaroslaw
lcandela123 – to answer your question (and address some of the scumbag lawyer comments) Everyone is entitled to a legal defense no matter how distasteful the alleged crime. Note the word alleged. Now, said lawyer for the accused has to say or do something to show he is defending. The tapes may appear to show molestation, but can it be proven or were the guys playing along? That is why these things go to court – just based on an arrest and one article we really don’t know. As to “cheating” showing the tapes first and then getting the complaint, victims generally approach the authorities not vice versa. Now obviously if all the victims claimed they were unconscious and have no recollection of giving permission to any sexual activity the guy is guilty, but that is for a jury to decide.
Sean Brennan
Did he hire Cee-Lo’s lawyer?
Giancarlo85
@Jaroslaw: Um what? You can’t be serious. The case was proven beyond a reasonable doubt. And the victims obviously wouldn’t approach the authorities here. Yes, the criminal is entitled to a legal defense. But we can fully make judgment calls based on what this article says. He did commit these assaults and they were assaults! He was convicted and sentenced for his crimes.
Did you even read any of this article? I don’t think so.
Jaroslaw
giancarlos – Yes I read the article …..lcandler was asking about the defense lawyer – there is a process and I was explaining that. You don’t know what evidence was withheld, ie ruled inadmissable etc etc etc based on one article. Even if you read several actually newspapers are notoriously inaccrate in a number of cases I have first hand knowledge of. None of this is to suggest I think this guy is innocent, quite the contrary. But every conviction can be appealed as well.
Giancarlo85
@Jaroslaw: I have read other articles. Your legal knowledge is farcical at best. I would advise you stop watching Law and Order. Newspapers are notoriously unreliable? Because you say so? I read reputable sources and after more fact checking, this guy was definitely guilty. Stop trying to be au contrarian. It is quite annoying.
Jaroslaw
@Giancarlo85: Annoying? Look in the mirror! I’ve read a lot from you lately, and you are an angry know it all. I never claimed to know everything, but I do know about a suicide of a church member years ago – the report in the paper was almost completely wrong. My father was an executive director of a very large social agency and dealt with media all the time. My brother had a high profile job and he got misquoted so many times, he stopped giving interviews. I never said this guy was innocent, I said specifically the opposite. I also worked for an attorney firm and work with the courts daily in a non-criminal capacity. I doubt if you’re qualified to judge my legal knowledge. I didn’t write 10 paragraphs and if I did no one would read it. Please get some help to deal with all your hostility.
Giancarlo85
@Jaroslaw: Lol. You are the one acting as if you know everything about this case. I have legal background and studied law while in university. Also did an internship. You are long winded and ridiculous. I highly doubt that you have had any interaction with the legal system. You are the angry know it all.
Jaroslaw
@Giancarlo85: Rather than make an intelligent comment of your own, you have slammed just about every other poster on this thread and you mostly do the same on other posts. I at least was attempting to answer a question rather than just be rude. Seems like you’re just a troll. I haven’t indicated in any way I know everything about this case; quote where I did. Another example – I said I have first hand knowledge of newspapers being notoriously inaccurate. I gave examples. Did I say EVERY or MOST stories in newspapers are inaccurate? No. Here’s another good example – a Dr. friend of mine was head of radiology. All the billings came in his name, which showed up in a newspaper story as a probable Medicaid fraud since the amounts were so large. Of course, the reporter didn’t understand what he was writing about and gave a completely erroneous impression. But things like this are way beyond your comprehension, so you have to dismiss it as “my opinion.” If you went to law school, it is hard to believe it.