After electing to defend himself in court, a Florida man is convicted of attempted murder and sexual assault of his ex-wife. The jury only needed five hours to convict him of terror attack.
A Florida man was found guilty of attempted murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault against his ex-wife.
Jurors needed only five hours to convict him of a horrible attack and 11 overall charges.
Trevor Steven Summers, 45, represented himself in court in Hillsborough County, Florida, asking his ex-spouse Alisa Mathews a series of questions. Ex-wife told how Summers, with whom she shares five children, attacked and raped her while she slept in March 2017 after breaking into her home.
He then tied Summers up with scarves around her wrists and ankles, placed a sock in her mouth, and wrapped her entire body in nylon rope.
A man who was accused of kidnapping and raping his ex-wife while holding her prisoner for two days during a campaign of violence was found guilty of all 11 charges, including the most serious accusations of attempted murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault.
On Friday night, a jury found Trevor Summers, 45, guilty following a trial in which he functioned as his own attorney and tormented his wife by interrogating her on the witness stand, but declined to appear in his own defense.
Summers has previously dismissed a number of attorneys in the March 2017-old case.
Summers engaged in a legal debate with Judge Christopher C. Sabella on Friday morning as he attempted to present his request for acquittal.
Trevor 45-year-old Steven Summers was found guilty of attempted murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault against his ex-wife.
, Christopher C. Sabella, judge Ex-wife Alisa Summers reacts to the decision, which finds her ex-husband guilty on all 11 counts.
Summers was observed momentarily staring across the courtroom at his ex-wife.
Summers denied the judge Christopher C. Sabella’s request to testify in his own defense.
Summers had no reaction whatsoever as the verdict was given on Friday, according to his expression.
While arguing for his ex-innocence, wife’s Summers stated that’sex doesn’t mean that lot’ to her.
The judge said, “I mean, that doesn’t mean someone in her position can’t be sexually abused just because sex doesn’t matter that much to her.”
Earlier in the week, Summers, who represented himself in court in Hillsborough County, Florida, directed a series of passionate cross-examination questions at his ex-spouse, 42-year-old Alisa Mathewson.
Mathewson, who accused Summers of assault and rape, described how on March 11, 2017, Summers, with whom she shares five children, attacked her in her sleep and raped her after breaking into her home.
He then used a pillow to render his ex-wife unconscious before attempting to strangle her with a rope.
This week, Alisa Mathewson repressed her emotions while testifying at her husband’s trial. When he kidnapped her, she was raped and physically abused over the period of two days.
Trevor Steven Summers, 45, represented himself in court in Hillsborough County, Florida, and asked his ex-wife Alisa Mathewson a series of questions.
She was subsequently subjected to two days of physical assault during her kidnapping.
As they were estranged and going through the divorce process, the couple lived in separate residences.
Three of their children were sleeping in the house at the time, and their 14-year-old eldest daughter testified that her father misled her into leaving a window open, allowing Summers to gain in.
Summers described how she snuck into her home from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. Two of her younger children shared her bed, while their 14-year-old daughter sat on the sofa.
When her ‘abusive’ ex-husband questioned her if he forced her to have sex with him, Mathewson told the court: ‘You broke into my home while I was asleep, attacked me, and tied me up!’
“I interpret that to mean that you threatened me with sex!” Yes!’
Repressing her emotions, the ex-wife said, ‘Before we had sex, you pushed me, held me down, tied me up, attacked me, and broke into my house while I was sleeping! You violated me!
The defendant then inquired, “So you’re saying it’s a rape?”
She replied, “Yes, it is.” That is the definition of rape: entering someone’s home, attacking them, tying them up, and then having sexual relations with them! The definition of rape.
In July 2016, a photo of Trevor Steven Summers and his ex-wife was released to social media. He was found guilty on all eleven charges, including two counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Summers requested to share five children.
Trevor Steven Summers’ mugshot. A cut is visible on his neck. Summers seized a razor and began cutting his own throat, proclaiming, “This is love.” I’m laying down my life for you. During the kidnapping, he told the victim, ‘You do not deserve this.’
The court heard that Summers tied her to the bed frame using Christmas lights.
Wednesday after the morning break, Summers asked Judge Christopher C. Sabella for permission to defend himself for the trial’s last phase, when his defense attorneys would ordinarily be cross-examining the victim.
The judge cautioned that this was not a “smart” decision, but finally granted the defendant’s request. He stated that Summers was not permitted to approach her when she was on the stand.
During the two-day experience in 2017, Mathewson was shackled and pushed into a car while her ex-husband drove through many counties, according to trial testimony.
She claims that at one time she attempted to flee when he was stopped in a Walgreens parking lot, but he pushed her back into the car and slashed one of her wrists as punishment.
An employee of Walgreens witnessed the incident and dialed 911 at the time.
The ex-wife claims he brought her to a field in Manatee County, Florida, in an attempt to evade law police, but they ran out of food and water. She stated that he had planned to take her on a chartered boat, but instead transported her to a “safe place.”
Alisa is believed to have been kidnapped in a dark blue Saturn Outlook, in which she was reportedly placed during the abduction. She attempted to flee briefly during a stop at Walgreens, where an employee testified he witnessed the incident and contacted 911.
Mathewson told the jurors, “You broke into my house while I was sleeping, attacked me, and tied me up!”
Summer began strangling his ex-wife with a rope following an argument in the car, but Mathewson was able to stop him despite her hands being tied.
According to the prosecutor, the kidnapped ex-wife observed a police cruiser at this time.
When Summers spotted the unmarked police car, he began cutting his own throat with the same razor blade he used to sever her wrist, screaming, “This is what love is.” I’m laying down my life for you. You do not merit this.
Mathewson described the gruesome event and stated that she begged him to stop.
He stated that he would cut the cords from her, but she was able to free her hand as law enforcement surrounded the vehicle.
She stated, “At this point, the vehicle was surrounded by law enforcement.”
My door opened. I was seized and removed.’
The couple lived in separate residences at the time of the incident, as they were estranged and in the process of divorcing.
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