The Brief
- Saratoga man Ian Cleary was extradited from France to Pennsylvania after being detained for the rape of a Gettysburg College student in 2013
- Cleary messaged the victim years after the rape allegedly admitting to his actions
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” was extradited Thursday from France to the United States.
Ian Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, arrived in the U.S. and was being flown to Pennsylvania, a U.S. Marshals Service spokesman said. Cleary had been detained in April in Metz, France, after a three-year search. A French appeals court later said he could be extradited.
The court prosecutors’ office in Metz, in northeastern France, said Cleary was handed over to U.S. authorities at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.…