WASHINGTON — The mother of a sex abuse victim says her son hopes his attacker gets what he deserves.
The comments came during a victim impact statement as sentencing proceedings got underway against 40-year-old Joey Poindexter, of Gaithersburg, Maryland.
In two separate cases, Poindexter was convicted of sexually abusing a total of five college aged men. He frequented bars and beer pong events to meet his victims and would assault them after they had passed out from drinking.
One of those victims contacted police, which led to the discovery of video recordings of attacks on four unconscious young men in Poindexter鈥檚 home.
During her statement, the victim鈥檚 mother said of her son, 鈥淗e鈥檚 isolated himself. He鈥檚 embarrassed.鈥� She also said she is 鈥渃oncerned he may be suicidal.鈥�
She described how Poindexter would drive for hours to see her son, and abused his role as a perceived mentor to the much younger men. At one point she turned to address Poindexter directly, and Poindexter briefly stared back at her.
Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Richard Jordan called her son鈥檚 participation in the case against Poindexter 鈥渁n act of bravery鈥� and a 鈥済ift to the community鈥� and urged her to help him seek counseling.
The second part of the sentencing 鈥� the actual handing down of what will likely be a significant sentence鈥� was rescheduled for April 15 after the defense argued for a delay.
鈥淕uidelines are about a hundred years behind bars, and we鈥檙e asking for 200 years in prison, which is the maximum. This is a predator that needs to be put away,鈥� said Ram贸n Korionoff, with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office. He says investigators continue to work to identify other victims seen on video seized from Poindexter鈥檚 home, and he urged possible victims to contact police.
鈥淲e believe that Mr. Poindexter had been in many beer pong tournaments or other environments where he may have come in contact with young men, and we urge them to come forward,鈥� Korionoff said.
