SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon man retried on a sexual assault charge has been found guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, about 45 years after he was acquitted of raping his then-wife in a trial that garnered national attention. The Statesman Journal reports John Rideout was found guilty of rape and sodomy by a Marion County jury in 2017, and the judge sentenced him to over 16 years in prison. Rideout was given a new trial last week because the sodomy verdict had been non-unanimous. In 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that such convictions were unconstitutional. Rideout in court Monday argued legal points with the judge and accused the women of fabricating their assaults.
Man retried for sex crime found guilty, gets longer sentence
