Susanna Coetzee (Courtesy: OC District Attorney / July 9, 2009)
NEWPORT BEACH -- A Newport Beach woman has been charged with trying to extort $15,000.00 from a man she met through an online dating service after telling police he raped her.
28-year old Susanna Maria Coetzee faces a felony count of attempting to extort and a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime.
Prosecutors say Coetzee met the unidentified man on www.seekingarrangement.com, a Web site billed as "the elite sugar daddy dating site."
The company defines a sugar daddy as "a wealthy, usually older man who gives expensive gifts to a young person in return for intimacy or companionship."
Prosecutors say Coetzee met the man for drinks and then went to a hotel in Anaheim.
After the two began having sex, prosecutors say the woman demanded money.
When the man refused, Coetzee filed a report saying that the man had pushed her to the bed, covered her face with a pillow to keep her from screaming and raped her, prosecutors said.
Over the next two weeks, prosecutors say, Coetzee sent the man several dozen text messages in an attempt to get $15,000 from him in exchange for dropping her accusation.
She faces three years in prison if convicted.
28-year old Susanna Maria Coetzee faces a felony count of attempting to extort and a misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a crime.
Prosecutors say Coetzee met the unidentified man on www.seekingarrangement.com, a Web site billed as "the elite sugar daddy dating site."
The company defines a sugar daddy as "a wealthy, usually older man who gives expensive gifts to a young person in return for intimacy or companionship."
Prosecutors say Coetzee met the man for drinks and then went to a hotel in Anaheim.
After the two began having sex, prosecutors say the woman demanded money.
When the man refused, Coetzee filed a report saying that the man had pushed her to the bed, covered her face with a pillow to keep her from screaming and raped her, prosecutors said.
Over the next two weeks, prosecutors say, Coetzee sent the man several dozen text messages in an attempt to get $15,000 from him in exchange for dropping her accusation.
She faces three years in prison if convicted.
