SAN DIEGO - A San Diego woman distraught over losing out on her family's dream house had a perverse ...

1. Prosecutors detail California woman Kathy Rowe's alleged
rape plot in San Diego, California
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego woman distraught over losing out on her family's dream house had a
perverse revenge scheme intending to have Full Details - CLICK HERE the home's new owner raped,
prosecutors said.
The defendant, 52-year-old Kathy Rowe, claims the scheme was a childish prank that got out of
control and she intended no harm.
Rowe began by carrying out mild hoaxes on the young husband-and-wife homebuyers, such as
putting a stop on their mail and sending religious missionaries to their doorstep, U-T San Diego
reported Tuesday.
Her actions soon became http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/ criminal, according to prosecutors.
Rowe allegedly posed as the wife in online adult entertainment ads titled "Carmel Valley Freak
Show," inviting strange men over to the couple's home for sex and describing scenarios of a rape
fantasy to those who responded. The wife's photo and address were included in the postings.
"I love to be surprised and have a man just show up at my door and force his way in the door and on
me, totally taking me while I say no," Rowe wrote to one man who responded, according to the
newspaper.
One man decided to follow up on the offer, but was thwarted once by a locked gate and a second
time when the husband answered the door.
The state appeals court last week ruled that Rowe, a county administrative analyst, will have to
answer to felony counts of solicitation of rape and solicitation of sodomy -- two charges that a
Superior Court judge previously dismissed from the case.
In a letter to a judge, Rowe described the moment in 2011 when she lost the house due to
miscommunication with real estate agents, and a more attractive bid from the other couple as
"devastating." She had her heart set on the home because it was a single story, to accommodate her
severely disabled daughter, and had a pool, to provide exercise for her husband following a heart
attack.
"The anger and grief over losing that house (and especially in the way we did) drove me to behave in
Learn more - visit their site a very childish way and to do what I thought were childish pranks to let
off steam and ease the pain," Rowe said. "I never intended for them to be hurtful."
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