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Fousseyni Kone, a Pullman resident, was charged with first degree rape and harassment with a sexual motive, according to Whitman County Superior Court documents. Kone is appealing both of these charges.


The original complaints against Kone were second degree rape, unlawful imprisonment with a sexual motivation and harassment. These complaints were then changed to first degree rape, assault with a sexual motivation and harassment with sexual motivation. Kone was found not guilty of assault with a sexual motivation, according to court documents.


The following information is from police reports compiled by Officer Greg Umbright of the Pullman Police Department. The victim, identified as MLM, came to the Pullman Police Department on Oct 7, 2007 claiming to have been assaulted and raped in the apartment of a man she met on a street while trying to find her friends. MLM identified three familiar apartment buildings, one of which was Kone’s. Opgenorth later returned to the apartments MLM identified and found that Kone’s was the only one with carpet matching the carpet fibers found on MLM’s clothes. DNA from Kone matched samples from DNA found in the victim. MLM also identified three photos of men she thought might be her assailant. Kone’s photo was one of the three.


Kone was found guilty of first degree rape and harassment with a sexual motive on March 5, 2009 and he appealed the decision on May 7, 2009, according to court documents. The case in currently in appeal.