‘She Is Desperate’: White Texas Woman Rejects Grand Jury’s Decision In Favor of Two Black Men She Accused of Rape, Now Claims Video Evidence That Got Charges Dismissed Was Edited

The Texas woman who accused two Black men of raping her is now claiming that the video evidence that cleared them of wrongdoing in court was edited. Amanda Zawieruszynski filed a police report last year against her neighbor John Marks, 40, and his friend Freddie Douglas, Jr., 43, claiming that a three-way, intimate encounter with the pair at Marks’ home in November 2023 turned violent. John Marks, left, and Amanda Zawieruszynski, right. (Photos: X/Justin A. Moore) The 40-year-old woman accused both men of forcing her to drink liquor at a housewarming at Marks’ home, then ripping off her bathing suit, and raping her for several hours in Marks’ pool and his house. Marks and Douglas were arrested last December on felony charges of aggravated rape and kidnapping. Months later, a grand jury dismissed the charges after viewing surveillance video from Marks’ home security system that cleared them of Zawieruszynski’s allegations. The pair each sued Zawieruszynski and the city of Manvel, Texas, for defamation and civil rights violations, claiming that she and the city pursued “baseless charges” against them, despite video evidence proving that the encounter was fully consensual. Douglas was fired from his detective job with El Campo Police over...