“He was Mr. Hells Angel,” prosecutor Lina Peng said of former Hells Angels President Raymond “Ray Ray” Foakes. “He got respect by beating people, including other Hells…
in the heart of California’s wine country, capped off by a forcible tattooing of the victim’s face. A sexual assault followed up by a grave warning to the victim designed to shield the perpetrator from being brought to justice.
Speaking first to jurors this week, Assistant U.S. Attorney Nina Peng said the Hells Angels in Sonoma lived by the creed, “F— around and find out.” She said that violence was used as a tool to enforce rules between members, civilians, prospect, and anyone else who wronged the group for slights as trivial as looking at a member’s wife at a bar.
Albert Boro, Foakes’ lawyer, said the government had completely failed to implicate Foakes in either the beating or the sexual assault, and but said either way, the beating wasn’t a federal crime. He questioned that if Foakes was really “Mr. Hells Angel,” why he would need to assault someone in order to maintain or improve his rank in the club, which is a required element for a RICO conviction.
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