Minnesota man beat, waterboarded girlfriend inside dorm for three days after she ‘infuriated him’: docs

A Minnesota antheral allegedly raped, bushed and waterboarded his woman portion helium held her hostage wrong her assemblage dorm for 3 days aft uncovering texts connected her telephone that “infuriated him.”

Keanu Labatte, 19, was arrested Sunday astatine St. Catherine University, an all-female schoolhouse successful St. Paul, aft his alleged unfortunate escaped the harrowing maltreatment and alerted field security.

Labatte arrived connected field Thursday aft making the 140-mile travel from Granite Falls to sojourn a miss helium had been seeing for 2 months, according to a transgression complaint obtained by KSTB.

What was expected to beryllium a romanticist play took a acheronian crook erstwhile Labatte recovered texts, pictures and societal media accusation connected her telephone that reportedly “infuriated him.”

The antheral allegedly took her telephone and kept it distant from her for days truthful she couldn’t telephone for assistance portion helium allegedly tortured her.

He repeatedly raped and strangled the pistillate until she was lightheaded wrong her field dorm country portion making deranged threats to termination her and her family, prosecutors allege.

Labatte is accused of forcing his woman to prevarication down successful a bathtub earlier covering her look with a washcloth and dumping h2o implicit her truthful that she struggled to breathe.

He besides allegedly threatened her with a knife, telling her that helium had held it against the pharynx of a erstwhile woman who had angered him.

Keanu Labatte was arrested for holding his woman captive and torturing her wrong her assemblage dorm for 3 days.Ramsey County Sheriff's Office

He adjacent went arsenic acold arsenic to prime up the coed’s limb successful hunt of “the close vein to chopped heavy capable truthful nary 1 could prevention her,” the unfortunate told authorities.

She said the torture near her “feeling terrified to the constituent that she would conscionable laic adjacent to Labatte and not determination for fearfulness of what helium would bash to her,” according to the tribunal docs.

After days of suffering the horrific abuse, the pupil yet convinced Labatte to let her to permission the dorm-turned-torture enclosure to get nutrient from the cafeteria connected Sunday morning.

The unfortunate yet escaped aft convincing Labatte to fto her spell to the cafeteria astatine St. Catherine University.LinkedIn / St. Catherine University

He consented — connected the information she nonstop him a representation aft arriving to beryllium wherever she was — and gave her the telephone back, tribunal records state.

Instead, she went straight to field security, who called constabulary aft noting bruising astir her ear, look and neck.

Police arrested Labatte wrong the dorm room, wherever they recovered a folding weapon and a damp washcloth successful the bathroom.

Officers besides noted that the mattress had been moved to the floor, which the unfortunate said Labatte had done truthful the furniture wouldn’t squeak portion helium sexually assaulted her, the ailment said.

After being work his ineligible rights, Labatte said, “I plead the 5th.”

The teen was already connected probation for violating a restraining bid different pistillate had taken retired against him, according to tribunal records.

He has been charged with 5 felony counts: 3 for transgression intersexual conduct, 1 for home battle by strangulation and 1 for threats of violence.

Each transgression enactment complaint carries up to 30 years successful prison, portion the home battle and threats of unit charges transportation three- and five-year maximums respectively.

A spokesperson for St. Catherine’s declined to remark connected however the maltreatment went unnoticed for respective days, citing the student’s close to privacy.

“It is our argumentation astatine St. Catherine University not to contented immoderate remark that would impact pupil confidentiality oregon perchance re-traumatize individuals. As this is an ongoing investigation, we bash not privation to jeopardize the integrity of the lawsuit arsenic it develops,” typical Sarah Voigt said successful an email.

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