28-year-old Danny Pilkington assaulted a person he met on Snapchat on August 23rd at the Knights Inn Hotel. The victim contacted law enforcement and informed them she had met Pilkington online. The victim explained that they texted each other through Snapchat sporadically. While they texted, they had planned to attend the Matt Rife show at the Bridgestone Arena on August 24th and stay at the Knights Inn while they waited. While they were in their room, hours before the show, Pilkington started pulling the victim onto the bed. The victim attempted to get away from him, but Pilkington pushed her back onto the bed, on her back. Pilkington proceeded to force the victim into non-consensual sex. The two then went to the Matt Rife show at Bridgestone Arena. While they were there, the victim suffered from a medical event, so she was treated at a medical station. The attending medical personnel reported that she could tell something was wrong with the victim, so she started passing handwritten notes to her. During the exchange of notes, the victim wrote, “He forced me to have sex with him at the hotel, and I told him to stop, and he told me no,” MNPD was notified. The victim was promptly transported to the Vanderbilt ER. The victim suffered from several injuries, including a small liner abrasion on her neck and left collarbone and bruising on her right leg and thigh. Pilkington was later transferred to MNPD headquarters, where he was informed of his Miranda Rights and interviewed. While speaking to officers, Pilkington described the sexual encounter as rough but consensual. Pilkington stated that while they were having sex, she told him that she was ready to stop. Pilkington told officers that when the victim told him to stop, “he gave her 2-3 more pumps.” Pilkington was later transported to booking and charged with aggravated rape on August 25th.
Danny Pilkington caught at Matt Rife show after rape victim alerts medical staff with handwritten notes
