Bad enough:

Newport Beach, California - The son of an Orange County assistant sheriff and two other teenagers were charged with the videotaped gang rape of an unconscious 16-year-old girl on Friday. Prosecutors allege the teens drugged the girl before raping her on July 5 at the Newport Beach home of Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl. Haidl, Kyle Joseph Nachreiner and Keith James Spann, all 17, were charged as adults and have pleaded innocent to 21 felony counts that include rape, rape by a foreign object and administering a drug to incapacitate the victim.

Gregory Haidl, Kyle Nachreiner and Keith Spann appeared briefly in court for an arraignment, where they were ordered held without bail.

Outside the courtroom, attorney Joseph Cavallo, who represents Gregory Haidl, said of his client: "He doesn't have any criminal record," Cavallo told KABC-TV. "He's a model son. In fact, he helps his mother."

Oooh, well then...

But worse:

Haidl has now sued San Bernadino County for 100 million dollars because they stopped him from putting derogatory fliers about the victim in people's mailboxes, and asking for others with negative information about the girl to come forward. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department seized the fliers as part of an investigation into possible witness intimidation. One flier was placed in the alleged victim's mailbox and others were either posted or placed in mailboxes throughout her neighborhood, authorities said.

And still worse:

A blog I read occasionally wrote about this issue. He received emails from "interested parties":

From: B**********@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 04:38:37 EDT
Subject: GREGORY HAIDL

ARTICLE SEEMS A LITTLE SLANTED. GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT IN THIS COUNTRY? I'M THE UNCLE OF GREGORY HAIDL, BROTHER OF GAIL HAIDL. SEEMS YOU HAVE A HARD ON FOR THE HAIDL'S. ANY PARTICULAR REASON? RESPOND WITH GUTS AND COURAGE, IF YOU CAN. THANKS.

From: B**********@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 04:42:03 EDT
Subject: HAIDL

GOT IT! YOUR'RE A NEIGHBOR OF DON HAIDL. DON DID NOT COMMIT THE POSSIBLY CRIME. YOUR PERSONAL ASSESSMENT OF DON HAS NO BEARING ON GUILT OR INNOCENCE. THANKS.

Lovely people those Haidls. I bet he even helps his mom.