A Los Angeles man was arrested for sexual assault after an Internet relationship turned sour, Santa Monica police said Monday.
Jonathon Jose Rizo, 21, was arrested Feb. 20, three days after his victim first went to police, said Lt. Frank Fabrega.
Rizo and the victim, who was not identified, first met and interacted over the Internet, Fabrega said. Later, during a telephone conversation Rizo threatened to disseminate personal information about the victim over the Internet.
When the victim met Rizo at an undisclosed location, he pressured her into having sex with him in exchange for not disclosing the personal information, Fabrega said.
Rizo was being held at the Santa Monica Jail on $50,000 bail.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 26, 2002. Read the original PDF.