The confessed murderer of four University of Idaho students, Brian Kohberger, has filed a sexual harassment claim and is pleading for a transfer because, according to a recent report, other prisoners are threatening to beat him up.
According to a People story published Thursday, Kohberger left a note to a security guard at the J-Block of Idaho Maximum Security Institution in Boise on July 29 requesting to be transferred to a different cell block or possibly another facility.
Being subjected to verbal threats and harassment on a minute-by-minute basis, without participating in any of the recent flooding or strikes, and on that and other grounds [sic] According to People, Kohberger said in his note, “I wish to transfer from Unit 2 of J-Block.” Flooding is a disruption strategy that involves pouring toilet water into one’s cell.
Kohberger reported sexual harassment in a statement of concern he filed on August 4. He argued when one of the inmates said, “I’ll be f you,” while another teasingly said, “The only one we’ll be eating is Kohberger’s.”
Although a guard remembered hearing foul language directed against Kohberger, he was unable to identify a specific prisoner.
The Idaho Department of Correction told CBS News that they are aware of Kohberger’s complaints regarding what he views as taunting.
Retired detective Chris McDonough told CBS News that Kohberger’s convicts shout into his cell through the air vents every hour of the day, even keeping him awake at night.
Gary Brucato, a clinical and forensic psychologist, told the news site that Kohberger is being humiliated and ridiculed instead of receiving the social acceptance and control over his environment that criminals like him need. His fame, attention, and power are being taken away from him.
“I don’t think Bryan Kohberger anticipated the psychological play here from the inmates,” McDonough told CBS News, despite the fact that the triple killer may have avoided the death penalty with his guilty plea last month. It’s unexpected.
At Washington State University, where he was seen as bossy, misogynistic, and plain scary by both instructors and fellow students, that attitude of entitlement was evident. One student told a detective that she had never encountered someone who behaved so patronizingly.
According to jail officials, Kohberger has since stated that he feels secure enough to remain.
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