OK, someone has to know this guy

[Omaha 680]

I guess I'm the one that knows him. Or knew him. He grew up in my stake in Omaha. He is a couple years older than me. We were never good friends and I haven't spoken to him in nearly 15 years. He friended me on FB but I removed him a while ago because his political rants and investment advice were annoying me.

I found him a little odd, but nice enough. I would never have guessed he would be capable of such terrible things. But I suppose that's always the way it goes.

[Uncle Ted]

Let's see... Utah GOP. Nope.

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and that is where I stopped reading.

[Coach McGuirk]

Let's see... Utah GOP. Nope.

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and that is where I stopped reading.

I agree. I put that in google translate and it gave me nothing.

[Moliere]

A friend of a friend on FB knows him.

[DU Ute]

He has a YouTube channel with videos of his political show. Seems to be pretty keen on keepin' those law breakin' Mexicans out. What a dickhead.

[Omaha 680]

Even thought I didn't know him well, this has bothered me all evening. I've never been known someone who has been accused of something this bad. What makes someone choose such a horrible path?

I remembered that there was some pretty tragic stuff that happened in his family life growing up that I'm sure his defense will use at trial. I'm pretty sure his dad has been incarcerated for the last 15 years. Not that this excuses Greg's actions in the slightest.

[Omaha 680]

By the way, this is Greg's dad:

http://www.nsp.state.ne.us/sor/Subje...GNUM=1998011CA

[Donuthole]

Still haven't figured out where I know this guy from (I know i've met him--i can still remember how his voice sounds) but I definitely know his attorney.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/U...ts-3723456.php

[Commando]

Still haven't figured out where I know this guy from (I know i've met him--i can still remember how his voice sounds) but I definitely know his attorney.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/U...ts-3723456.php

Maybe in an Orem small claims mediation?

[Scorcho]

SALT LAKE CITY — The woman said she was afraid for her life as she lay on the bed and watched as flies fell and died in the window sill.

"I remember laying there being completely scared," she said, describing the night she spent with Gregory Peterson at his cabin in Heber City.

"I didn't want him to get mad. I didn't want him to hurt me. I didn't want him to kill me. I was so scared of what he might do. I just wanted to go home."

The woman was the fourth alleged victim to testify against the GOP activist and offered some of the most harrowing testimony against the 37-year-old accused of kidnapping, raping or abusing women he took on dates.

She met Peterson the night of March 26, 2011, when she went to a tsunami fundraiser organized by single adults from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She said Peterson was a friend of a man she was talking to at the event and the three of them stuck together during the party until Peterson asked her to a movie.

Earlier in the night, she said Peterson offered to show her his LDS temple recommend, which she thought was strange. But she said she made the assumption that he was a man with "moral values" and left with Peterson after the other man declined to join them.

They got on the freeway and were making small talk about appropriate first date behavior when she realized she was no longer in an area she recognized.

Peterson told her he was instead driving her to see a movie at his cabin in Heber City. She said she objected, explaining that she had to teach a children's Primary class the next morning.

"He said, 'They'll be fine without you,'" she recounted. "I didn't know what to say. I was scared. I didn't know where he was taking me. It kind of scared me because I'd never been on this road."

She testified that Peterson soon started touching her leg and then announced that he had a gun and that he always carried a gun, patting the center console. She said she never actually saw a firearm then, but was afraid and started complying with Peterson's commands to touch him and kiss him while they drove.

"Did you kiss his neck?" prosecutor Thad May asked.

"Yes," she replied. "I was scared if I didn't — of the gun."

She said it was very dark when they arrived at the cabin and she didn't know where she was or what the cabin really looked like. They walked past the couches and TV when they entered the home and he ordered her to a bedroom.

"He told me had guns, many guns, and that he always had them with him," she said. "He was mean. He was not how he was (before). He was not friendly."

The woman began to cry as she identified the bed that was in the room, where she said the sexual abuse began. She described numerous acts of sexual abuse, rape and assault, coupled with physical abuse and crude, demeaning language.

She said in the third and final series of events that night, the violence escalated until he had her hair in his hands and twisted it.

"It was this complete, immense pain," she said. "I remember thinking he was going to break my neck. I remember thinking, 'This is it. He's going to kill me.'"

Later, Peterson offered to hold the woman and she said she told herself to pretend that she was asleep and roll out of his grasp, but that would only prompt him to draw her closer. She said he would sometimes break to play a song on the guitar, eat cereal or watch the TV show "Big Love."

At one point, the woman laughed sadly at herself through her tears as she described seeing lights out the window and hoping they were from the sheriff. In reality, it was just a snow plow.

Eventually, after repeated requests, he agreed to take her home.

completely creepy!

[Pelado]

completely creepy!

What a disgusting guy.

[creekster]

How on earth could this guy think he could keep getting away with this stuff? Creepy doesnt even begin to describe it.

[Commando]

He's pretty much a monster. Yeah, I think that's a pretty apt term. Not a flawed human, who would have battles with his own morality, but a calculating monster. "Wanna see my 'recommend in case you had already suspected I was going to kidnap you and rape you for days on end?"

[TripletDaddy]

Big Love?

[Scorcho]

It’s frustrating to read that more of these victims didn’t try and fight back or escape, but that’s not fair of me to judge.

Anyone have advice for teaching young girls how to react in these situations or anytime they are faced with sexual assault, Mace, Tasers, etc.? I have daughters and these incidents scare the hell out of me.

I’d like to see the church dedicate a YW Activity once a year teaching some basic strategies?