Malibu Jogger Jumps Off Cliff To Flee Attacker

MALIBU, Calif. — Authorities say a man tried to sexually assault a Southern California jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside.

Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Derek Sabatini says the woman was taken to a hospital Friday with cuts and bruises from the fall in Malibu.

She told deputies she had finished a run at about noon at Point Dume State Beach and was standing at the edge of a cliff when she was grabbed from behind. She says she and the man struggled for several minutes before she was able to break away. That's when the woman ran and jumped off the cliff.

Deputies say the suspect then escaped in the woman's Toyota Land Cruiser.

A search for the suspect is under way.

Comments

[VOTER]

11:33 AM on 03/15/2010

"Kudos to this woman!"

Glad she is okay and hopefully the police will catch her attacker, asap.

[dracotiger]

09:29 AM on 03/15/2010

As a man, I feel that I am being raped by the feminist ideals that all men are predators. I also feel raped by the vicious manhating comments posted. Stick that in your crock!

[VOTER]

11:35 AM on 03/15/2010

Stop being a DOLT and look up the definition for the word, rape.

[OdinsEye]

10:51 PM on 03/15/2010

Noun - an Old World herb (Brassica napus) of the mustard family grown as a forage crop and for its seeds which yield rapeseed oil and are a bird food

Transitive verb - 1 a archaic : to seize and take away by force b : despoil
2 : to commit rape on

Noun - 1 : an act or instance of robbing or despoiling or carrying away a person by force
2 : unlawful sexual activity and usually sexual intercourse carried out forcibly or under threat of injury against the will usually of a female or with a person who is beneath a certain age or incapable of valid consent
3 : an outrageous violation

[beachsandshuffle]

11:50 PM on 03/14/2010

Rape is murder

[miamia]

07:24 PM on 03/14/2010

What could the world be like if there weren't so many f'd up men in it?

[fcsakes]

08:14 PM on 03/14/2010

I'm not sure, but willing to find out.

[dracotiger]

09:22 AM on 03/15/2010

Love your generalizations. You wouldn't happen to wear flannel shirts and a crewcut, would you?

[miamia]

10:29 AM on 03/15/2010

Generalizations? You're clearly in denial. Not many women attack strangers on the street. What if all those would be attackers who tend to be men, exclusively, didn't exist? I certainly would feel much safer.

[skunky93]

12:20 PM on 03/14/2010

wow. a cliff jump?!! geez....i don't know if I'd have the balls....but this chick is an effing amazing, gutsy individual. I'm full of admiration and twisted with the fear that must have rocked her into that decision.

[Jesse P. Steinberg]

11:20 AM on 03/14/2010

Hope they find the person and remove his nuts. If he gets caught again take his little wiener.

[Mykyle10]

08:35 AM on 03/14/2010

Time to start teaching women self-defense at a young age.

[Godweiser]

11:44 AM on 03/14/2010

For all we know, she had self-defense training. She did the right thing; she struggled, she got away. Self defense training emphasizes the same exact principles she employed.

You wouldn't stick around and kung-fu the guy or something.

[djcrsn]

12:26 PM on 03/14/2010

I am surprised that I actually agree with you----although I do prefer gun fu to kung fu

[Andrea Torres]

01:37 AM on 03/14/2010

that's hilarious : p

[DeSwiss]

03:32 AM on 03/14/2010

Ah, no it's not.

[KIVPossum]

08:14 AM on 03/14/2010

Strange sense of humor you have

[jayes]

09:09 PM on 03/13/2010

"Deputies say the suspect then escaped in the woman's Toyota Land Cruiser."

Where's Mel Gibson?

[beachsandshuffle]

11:46 PM on 03/14/2010

there's a joke lurking somewhere, always

[terramartom]

04:21 PM on 03/13/2010

Women and girls need to be taught that all males are predators by Nature.
Young and old.
We still have choice not to act out in dangerous and manipulative ways, but add alcohol and drugs to this toxic mix and you get serious problems for the femaile population of the Planet.
And then there is religion that represses all females, all the time!
Whoa, look out girls!

http://www.richmonk31.blogspot.com
.

[pydbl]

05:41 PM on 03/13/2010

and what descriptions can you give to women? So to a man hater like you, probably all women are angelic creatures who can do no harm, and all men are monstrous devils. I wonder how many times you have been raped to reach this conclusion about men.

[GayGrandpa]

06:14 PM on 03/13/2010

Any decent father of a girl or woman would want to slap you pretty silly by now! To think our daughters have to suffer the possibility of rape is grief enough but to hear you mock about it angers me and I sure many dads to the core! Any woman would be with in their right to hate someone who would joke like this....I hate it too. You are shameful, disgusting and not worthy to call yourself a man! Grrrrrrrrr.

[lizr]

12:19 AM on 03/14/2010

I'd slap him silly myself.

[AtomicallyCorrect]

06:01 PM on 03/13/2010

Thats just as fair as to say that all women are breeders by nature and we are hardwired to have babies whether a man wants one or not. We still have choice not to act in manipulative ways but add alcohol or oxytocin to the mix and you get serious problems for the male population of the planet.

[MrSorme]

06:47 PM on 03/13/2010

"Thats just as fair as to say that all women are breeders by nature and we are hardwired to have babies whether a man wants one or not."

Yes, that's all true. Women live to breed, even if it kills the planet, or if they can't feed the child or themselves. They still breed. And breed. And breed. And, of course, if us men refuse to impregnate you, you either force us to (as we beg and plead for mercy) or find another guy to fulfill your pregnant fantasies.

The fact is, humans are animals and, as animals, we're hard wired to act in certain ways. Most men avoid violence (though we do try to sleep with as many females as possible ... it's what we do -- and our "heroes" in the military are paid to kill ... but only for freedom of course), and most women ... uhhh ... breed. But in general, the human race more or less is the lowest of the low. We destroy the Earth, we kill each other, we abuse the world's animals, and human life has little value (all wars, which lead to massive death, are about money, power, or ideology) -- so much for the sanctity of life. So much for the nobility of the human soul.

[noweknow]

04:11 PM on 03/13/2010

I was raped by a woman when I was in Jr. High.
She was giving me private lessons to improve my grades.

[terramartom]

04:23 PM on 03/13/2010

So you did not run away?
If you do not attempt to flee for your safety it is not rape.

http://www.richmonk31.blogspot.com

[Zen0469]

04:27 PM on 03/13/2010

Sympathetic creature aren't you?

[pydbl]

05:43 PM on 03/13/2010

pathetic

[lalaland15]

04:35 PM on 03/13/2010

That's awful! Were you able to report that this happened to you?

My brother was sadistically sexually abused by a woman in her 50's when he was ten years old. The damage that did to him was unimaginable.

He was a bright, fun, outgoing kid with the whole world ahead of him. This experience left him depressed, angry and introverted. He went on to drop out of high school, become an alcoholic and was homeless for quite some time before winding up living in my mother's basement at 40 years of age.

It really and truly breaks my heart to think of the person he might have become had this woman never entered our lives.

So yes, women can be just as twisted as men.

[helenwheels]

04:05 PM on 03/13/2010

If someone tried that with me, they'd end up in the hospital with severe dog b!tes.

Any woman jogging in this city should have a dog accompanying her.

[lizr]

12:17 AM on 03/14/2010

agree!

[noweknow]

03:52 PM on 03/13/2010

Female can be rapist too.

[helenwheels]

04:00 PM on 03/13/2010

http://www.virtualslapdown.com

[terramartom]

04:17 PM on 03/13/2010

Try getting a hard on with a knife at your throat?
Does not work, buddy.

http://www.richmonk31.blogspot.com

[pydbl]

05:44 PM on 03/13/2010

and i am glad you can't speak for all women.

[invirginia]

09:23 PM on 03/13/2010

Sometimes an erection is a reflexive fear response in men.

[2centsplain]

02:31 PM on 03/13/2010

Is no place safe? When that find this piece of crap they should throw him over the same bluff.

[Amalek]

05:35 AM on 03/14/2010

No place on the coast of California is safe.

[copestir]

12:57 PM on 03/13/2010

This is one of my fave spots. This time of year this a especially beautiful because the wild flowers really start to bloom. I go for picnic lunch there often. it is a place, up until now, free of fear and fosters serenity. This is a shame.