Michael Kelso-Christy, 23, from Iowa, had created a fake Facebook account in April 2015 under the name of the woman’s classmate (Picture: Iowa Department of Corrections)

A man who tricked a woman into having blindfolded sex with him by pretending he was an old high school friend has had his conviction upheld.

Michael Kelso-Christy, 23, from Iowa, created a fake Facebook account in April 2015 under the name of the woman’s former classmate.

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Messages sent between the pair became increasingly sexual and she eventually agreed to a sexual encounter where he would arrive at her home while she was blindfolded and restrained.

She said Kelso-Christy didn’t speak during the encounter and she grew suspicious when text messages stopped and the Facebook profile became inactive.


The next day she found out that the man who arrived at her home wasn’t her former classmate, and immediately contacted the sheriff’s office and reported an assault.

Kelso-Christy arranged for the woman to tie herself up and be blindfolded so he could come and have sex with her (Picture: Marion County Jail)

Kelso-Christy was linked to the crime through a phone number he gave the woman and a fingerprint found at her home.



He argued that Iowa law doesn’t outlaw sex by fraud or deception, but he was eventually convicted of burglary, a charge that also can include entering a home with intent to commit sexual abuse.

Even worse, police discovered that she was not the only woman he had done this to.

The man Kelso-Christy was pretending to be testified that several men were angry with him for soliciting sex from their wives or girlfriends.

Kelso-Christy was initially charged with sex abuse, but the charge was later dropped.

He was later convicted during a bench trial of burglary and sentenced to 10 years in prison, with the judge saying consent inherently requires knowledge of the identity of a sexual partner.

Kelso-Christy appealed, arguing that the sexual encounter was consensual and he therefore didn’t intend to commit sexual abuse as outlined under the burglary charge.

But in the majority opinion released Friday, Iowa Supreme Court justices said Kelso-Christy knew the woman never consented to physical contact with him.

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