Man Poses as Lawyer to Obtain Sex by False Pretenses, Gets 146 Year Sentence

Richard A. Minsky convinced four different women to perform various sex acts with him by first falsely stating that a loved one of theirs had been jailed; then telling them he was a lawyer who could help and instructing them to meet with a witness or victim of the crime of the loved one; and then posing as the victim or witness and convincing the women to have sex with him in exchange for his promise not to testify against the loved one. He was convicted of numerous counts of rape and other sex crimes and sentenced to 146 years to life. The California Court of Appeals affirmed his sentence in this opinion. This proves the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction.