By Daily Press staff
Deliberations resume today in a civil lawsuit that accuses the owner of a Santa Monica surf shop of rape.
Stacy Peters, a 29-year-old freelance graphic designer, is suing Randy Wright, 41, owner of Horizons West on Main Street, for an undisclosed sum of money.
Criminal charges against Wright were never filed because of a lack of evidence.
The jury of eight women and four men heard the defense’s rebuttal and closing arguments from both sides on Friday before beginning deliberations.
Jurors reconvene today at 9 a.m. to continue deliberations.
At issue in the case is whether Peters, a close friend of Wright’s who invited Wright to sleep in her bed in January of 2001, was raped as she slept. Wright, who bought Horizons West in 1987 from “Dogtown” skateboarder Nathan Pratt, said he was courting Peters.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 12, 2003. Read the original PDF.