Man pleads guilty after initially blaming assault on ‘being possessed,’ threatening fake wife and child

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LOGAN, Utah ( ABC4 ) — On April 15, a man from Logan pleaded guilty to the crime of sexual assault after his arrest in February, according to a guilty plea filed with the First Judicial District Court.

Jarek Lindholm, 21, was initially arrested on February 21 on several first-degree felony charges, according to arrest documents. Lindholm pleaded guilty to second-degree felony sexual assault, which carries a punishment of one to 15 years in prison, according to court documents.

As part of the guilty plea, Lindholm acknowledged that he committed sexual assault and admitted to intentionally touching the victim without her consent.

According to arrest documents, the victim told officers that Jarek has said that he “accessed another dimension” and “sometimes gets possessed.”

The victim told police that Lindholm threatened to physically harm his wife and adopted daughter if the victim did not have sex with him, according to arrest documents. Lindholm later admitted to police that he does not have a wife or a daughter.

The victim told police she had never met Lindholm’s wife or daughter, but she had communicated with them via text using the same number as Lindholm’s. At some point, she also spoke with Lindholm’s “wife” over the phone.

On the day the incident occurred, the victim said she was contacted by Lindholm, who claimed to be under the control of “leviathan.” Lindholm reportedly told the victim he would harm his wife if the victim did not pick him up, and also said he would do sexual things to the victim.

After the incident, the victim was instructed to take Lindholm to a restaurant, and on the way there, he “came back and asked why he was in her vehicle,” documents said.

After officials executed a search warrant at Lindholm’s residence and he was arrested, he admitted his wife and daughter did not exist and that he had posed as them before. Lindholm also told police “he could not remember the three hours” that his body was taken over.

Lindholm’s search history from the day before the incident revealed inquiries related to rape kits and law enforcement questioning during rape investigations, as well as searches for attorneys in the area the next day, arrest documents said.

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