SANTA ANA, Calif. - A 29-year-old Orange County woman has been charged with falsely accusing six men of kidnapping her at gunpoint and raping her.
An indictment returned by an Orange County grand jury also accuses Tamara Anne Moonier with fraudulently receiving more than $1,800 from a state emergency fund for crime victims.
Authorities said Moonier went to the Fullerton Police Department on June 6 to report that she had been abducted outside a bar at gunpoint, taken to an unknown location and raped. Police said one of the men Moonier had accused provided a tape showing she had orchestrated the sexual encounter.
"Her motive, I can only speculate," said Paul Chrisopoulos, deputy district attorney. "Yet, it's ironic that she is the one who told investigators that a videotape does exist. Now, this videotape is being used against her."
Chrisopoulos said the 30-minute videotape shows Moonier telling the others what to do.
"Pulling them in certain directions, pulling them into a bedroom, making references to the camera, aware that a camera is on, and just saying things that do not demonstrate fear and demonstrate a consenting adult," Chrisopoulos said.
Police questioned the six men. None were arrested.
She is scheduled to be arraigned July 8 on four felony counts. If convicted on all counts she could be sentenced to as much as four years and eight months in prison.
Filing a false police report is a misdemeanor charge. Authorities said taking money from the state fund would be considered a felony.
