Another woman filed a restraining order request Wednesday against a former San Benito County Sheriff’s Office deputy, who faces rape and other criminal allegations.
Three women – one his wife – have filed requests for restraining orders against Mike Rodrigues in the past 12 weeks, according to San Benito County Superior Court documents.
The latest was filed by a woman the Free Lance is not naming because she is a possible victim of domestic violence. She claimed to have lived with Rodrigues from Sept. 30 to Nov. 5, according to court documents.
In the request, the woman claimed that while she lived with Rodrigues he was “sexually aggressive with (her) several times.”
The woman also claimed that on Nov. 3, Rodrigues attempted to have sex with her, to which she refused, and that he ripped her sweat pants off. When the woman used the word “rape” with Rodrigues, “he just snapped,” she claimed in the request.
According to court documents, the woman claims Rodrigues has continued to call her cell phone after she moved out of his Hollister home, and is “scared to death what would happed to me if (Rodrigues) should get me by myself.”
“I believe he is capable of killing me,” the woman wrote in the request. “I fear for my safety and my son’s safety.”
The request is scheduled to be heard in court on Nov. 26.
Rodrigues had been on paid administrative leave. But Sheriff Curtis Hill announced in a statement released Thursday that the 25-year veteran is “no longer employed” by the county.
