A FORMER police office and war veteran claims anti-depressants caused him to kidnap and rape a woman.

Lawyers for Anthony Nicholas Orban 33, say his antidepressant Zoloft and PTSD sent him into a temporary reality break when he raped the woman in 2010.

The former California detective, who beat and choked the woman over two hours, texted pictures of himself to a friend during the assault saying "Look what I'm doing."

His friend Jeff Jelinek, has also been charged in relation to the crime.

Orban, an Iraq war veteran, entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

He claims the combination of his post-traumatic stress disorder following his tour of duty and an over-prescription of anti-depressants made him kidnap and rape the woman.

It's been alleged that the victim was forced into her car at gunpoint by Orban in broad daylight on April 3, 2010 after she finished work at the Ontario Mills Mall.

Orban's lawyers said he had a ‘psychotic break from reality’, during which he forced the woman to drive to a remote business park where he raped, beat, choked and threaten to kill her for two hours.



The former policeman, who has no prior criminal record, texted photos to his high school friend Jeff Jelinek with the caption ‘Look what I’m doing’.

At some point the woman was able to get out of the car and run to liquor store where police were called.