A Colorado woman accused of making up a false, but very detailed, rape allegation against a Lander man is headed to court next week to determine whether she’s sane enough to face prosecution.
Michelle Boyle, 36, faces a false reporting charge for allegedly accusing a man of raping and punching her. She also is reported to have stolen the man’s dog, slashed his tires, and posted fliers around Lander labeling him a sexual predator.
Boyle is scheduled for an April 4 status hearing in Lander Circuit Court to determine whether she is mentally fit to face the charge, a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail and $750 in fines.
The case stems back to last July, when Boyle allegedly reported to the Lander Police Department that a man had raped her at a Fourth of July party at Lander City Park.
She said she had COVID-19 and couldn’t leave her house to meet in person, so LPD detective Trevor Budd on July 12 asked her to provide a written timeline of events for the alleged rape, according to a probable cause affidavit in the case.
Boyle provided 10 pages of timelines and narratives, wrote Budd.
At the end of the statement, she said she took a dog from the man she’d accused of rape.
“She details very specifically being punched in the face and sexually assaulted by (the man),” wrote Budd of the 10-page account.
Boyle allegedly claimed the rape happened between 7:30 and midnight that night.
“She said at the party (he) trapped her in the bathroom, forced Boyle to remove her...
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