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Victims file suit to block
rapist’s book rights sale
United Press International
LAKE CHARLES, LA. - “Ski
Mask Rapist” Jon Simonis
should not he allowed to exploit
his victims a second time by sell
ing book and movie rights to his
three-year crime spree, says a
lawyer suing him for more than
$1 million on behalf of a family
he terrorized.
Attorney Russell Tritico, who
tiled suit in DeRidder, La., said
the rapist’s plans to sell book,
magazine and movie rights are
despicable.
“The whole purpose (of the
suit) is that — in event this char
acter follows through on some
ideas that he is going to write a
book — any money that he
might receive ought to go to the
victims,” Tritico said. “Also, it
may deter him from exploiting
these people to gain further
notoriety.”
Trifico said the book and
movie plans seemed like a de
sperate attempt by Simonis to
prolong his own notoriety.
“I don’t know, of course,
whether that’s his motive or
whether he’s sick enough to be
lieve that he’s helping the public
by writing books about avoiding
people like him,” he said.
Simonis, a former lab techni
cian from Lake Charles, is serv
ing 21 life terms plus 2,690 years
at the state penitentiary at Ango
la, La.
After his arrest Nov. 27,
Simonis entered quick guilty
pleas to crimes in Jennings,
Baton Rouge, DeRidder, Gon
zales and Lake Charles — saying
he wanted to spare his family the
embarrassment of a jury trial.
Tritico said he tried to have
Simonis served personally with
the suit at Angola Prison, but
was unsure whether he had been
officially notified. No court
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hearing has been set on the mat
ter, the lawyer said.
“We have to wait and see what
actions he takes to defend him
self,” Tritico said.
He said Simonis has 15 days to
respond to the suit, and if he
offers no defense, plaintiffs
would have the court issue a
judgement against Simonis’
property or income.
The lawsuit, filed Jan. 26 in
36th Judicial District Court,
stems from Simonis’ attack on
John F. Fletcher and his wife
Margaret, their son Gregory F.
Fletcher and his wife Susan,
along with the older couple’s son
Jeffrey.
All family members were gag
ged and bound with pre-cut
lengths of silver duct tape while
the two women were raped.
Simonis has confessed to 81
attacks from Florida to Califor-
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