Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
News
Ex-Boyfriend From Hell Frames Woman To Avoid Rape Charges
By
Ben Yakas
Published Dec 9, 2010
Modified Dec 9, 2010
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Ben Yakas
Published Dec 9, 2010
Modified Dec 9, 2010
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
There are some pretty terrible ex-boyfriends, and then there is Jerry Ramrattan; while some bitter exes might be satisfied with talking trash or Facebook stalking, Ramrattan took the whole thing to Machiavellian levels of evil according to his ex, Seemona Sumasar. Prosecutors believe that he carried out a devious plan to intimidate and frame her for armed robbery, which resulted in Sumasar losing her business and spending seven months in jail.
The whole mishmosh started in September 2009, after the couple had already broken up, and Sumasar had filed sex attack charges against Ramrattan. Desperate to make the charges go away, he allegedly hired two men to say they'd been pulled over in remote locations of Nassau County by Sumasar posing as a cop in a bulletproof vest, who then robbed them at gunpoint. Sumasar had an alibi at the time of one of the alleged robberies—there was surveillance video of her at the casino at Mohegan Sun. But police didn't look into it: "They acted like I'm just trying to blame somebody else for something I did. They did not want to look at it at all," Sumasar told reporters. In addition, because Ramrattan knew her intimately, he was able to give the two thugs plenty of incriminating details to use in their statements.
This past May, she was arrested and held on $1 million bail. Sumasar, a former Morgan Stanley analyst, spent seven months in jail trying to find someone to listen to her; in the meantime, the Richmond Hill bakeshop she started went under, her home is now threatened with foreclosure, and she was separated from her 12-year-old daughter. Then last week, an informant came forward and ratted out Ramrattan and his two cronies, phone records linked them all together, and the two thugs gave full confessions.
Yesterday, Ramrattan, pleaded not guilty to perjury charges in the robberies case and to rape charges filed by Queens prosecutors. Sumasar is convinced that Ramrattan just wanted to avoid the rape charges, which had been headed to trial when prosecutors charged her with the robberies. "I was 100% sure that the reason I was sitting there was to keep me from testifying...Everybody looked at me as a drama queen, like I'm giving them a Lifetime movie story."
Tagged
ex-boyfriend
jerry ramrattan
rape
robberies
seemona sumasar
Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE news
Man shot by ICE in NYC still has bullet lodged in neck, attorneys say
Oscar Belgal, a 28-year-old immigrant from the Dominican Republic, was in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Sunset Park on Monday.
By
Liam Quigley
Published Oct 12, 2026
NY measles spread prompts 'disaster' emergency. It didn't have to be this way, health commissioner says.
The state health commissioner says the disease outbreak is wholly preventable.
By
Elizabeth Shwe
News
NY measles spread prompts 'disaster' emergency. It didn't have to be this way, health commissioner says.
The state health commissioner says the disease outbreak is wholly preventable.
By
Elizabeth Shwe
NYC wants to move deliveries onto the waterways. It's starting with a 55-year-old boat.
By
Liam Quigley
Inside the luxury Greenpoint high-rise powered by a rumbling generator for over a month
By
David Brand
Mayor Mamdani orders review of NYPD use of force policies
By
Michael Sol Warren
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .