ST. LOUIS • Police said today a reported "knockout game" attack that recently attracted national attention to St. Louis is false.
Ashley DePew, 23, and her boyfriend Justin Simms, 25, were charged today with falsifying a police report today against a woman and her boyfriend who claimed she was the victim of a random attack outside of a St. Louis bar last month, police said.
Police now believe she was actually injured by her boyfriend and they fabricated the "knockout game" story as a cover for her injury.
Dotson said the damage false reporting causes is widespread.
"We had to spend a significant amount of resources unraveling the lies they told," Dotson said. "That's resources that could have been spent on other crimes and it damaged the perception of the city. I hope these two individuals get help in their relationship."
The 23-year-old woman told police she and her boyfriend had gone to The Trophy Room early on Nov. 17 to pick up a friend who was intoxicated, but became separated in a crowd. The woman told police that she had been punched in the eye by a group of young men outside of the bar, on Arsenal Street west of Kingshighway, at about 3:30 a.m.
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