LOGAN — A 36-year-old Logan man has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman, he had previously had a relationship with. David “Carson” Bessinger was booked into the Cache County Jail Monday afternoon.
According to an arrest report, the Logan City Police Department began investigating Bessinger after the alleged victim reported being raped several times between 2007 and 2017.
The woman told officers how during one incident, she and Bessinger were in the basement of a residence in Logan. The two had been drinking, when he carried her into a bedroom and raped her.
The woman claimed she had too much to drink to be able to consent to sex.
Another incident later occurred at a residence in Hyde Park. The alleged victim said she had been sick and taken NyQuil to help her sleep. She later awoke to find Bessinger again raping her.
As the investigation continued, the alleged victim confronted Bessinger during a recorded phone call with law enforcement. As the two talked, the defendant admitted to taking advantage of her, when she was sometimes too drunk to say no, according to the report.
Police interviewed Bessinger Monday after first advising him of his Miranda Rights. He refused to answer any questions about the allegations without having an attorney.
According to jail records, Bessinger was booked on suspicion of committing rape and object rape, both first-degree felonies. He is temporarily being held without bail and expected to be arraigned on formal charges Wednesday afternoon.
Individuals arrested and charged in complaints are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
Maybe stop getting sloppy drunk
So, what you are saying is that being inebriated is consent?
OK, so they were in a relationship, and he took advantage of her drunken/sick situation a couple of times, but she continued to put herself in the situations with him.
Now, she is bringing it up with cops, 5 years later the last time happened?
Is the restate valid, or am I missing something?
Rape is still rape. No means no. If it wasn’t consensual it was rape. Being drunk isn’t an excuse to rape someone. If she can’t say yes, it is rape. A woman said she was raped and then man admitted to taking advantage of her and yet you still question her? What is wrong with you? God help your family. Hopefully they have better morals.
Wow ZYX and LEE if a person is a vegtable or incapable of saying yes or no its ok for them to be raped by anyone? Same differents. Maybe you both need investagated for being predators!!!
Same *difference.
Something about this whole story doesn’t sound quite right…
Asking for a restate is different than condoning it. I don’t condone any form of rape.
But the story seems fishy and off. Why wait 5 years to accuse him? Sounds like they were dating or had a consensual relationship. Why continually be around him? It seems like there is something there based on the conversation the police say they recorded, but it seems quite odd that you would have a casual abusive relationship and suddenly remember it 5 years later, unless you were a young kid or employee or something like that.
Sounds like a bad divorce situation to me. Anyone know if this was his newly divorced wife of many years? Agree that this sounds fishy.
Hopefully we will learn the rest of this story. As is every case in USA, innocent until proven guilty!
Victim Shame much??? Good god who cares why she stayed and why she waited. Trauma is a hard thing and it might have taken her that long to be able to face it and have the courage to say something!!!
I hear you Dana, it’s not good to shame a victim. This case, unfortunately, will give other victims less of a leg to stand on. A simple case of a money grab here. Ex-wife trying to get some family money. It’s actually quite sad – in this case for the accused, who is the real victim.
Maybe Mr Bessinger is the victim. We don’t know yet, do we? Maybe you are an expert in knowing why he does what he does because you worked for him for a few years. Or maybe you have an axe to grind. Remember, innocent until proven guilty. It’s the American way.
They were married for several years. According to the dates, the first incident was before they got married. They’ve been having a very long, nasty divorce.
Someone needs to get their priorities right and get on with her life. Care for her children should be priority one!
Maybe Mr. Bessinger would say anything on phone call with her to be able to see his children, who knows?
The truth will set you free!