By Sydney Sullivan
How to Prove Innocence When Falsely Accused of
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Sexual Assault – Part 3
“…and if we were able to settle the civil case for $150,000.00 that she would leave the island and not appear at the trial of the criminal case.”
Aloha, and may God inspire you to follow this story.
Appellate Verdict June 13, 2025 – Amen!
Just wait until the Circuit Court finds out the Text Exhibits used at trial
were manipulated!
This was the first post on GoFundMe, that lasted less than a day. GoFundMe took it down without warning and said at first it was due to policy issues. It took 3-5 days to return the monies to the donors. The 2nd post Doc created was so simple and brief it couldn’t conflict with policy issues. But once donors hit $10K level – GoFundMe again took it down and this time admitted that someone complained. Someone desperate enough to suppress the truth. And when you continue to read the details of this sorted story –
you’ll begin to understand why.
When one opts to study medicine, they are opting for a career that is unlike any other, it is a calling. The job is to help reduce suffering. The first oath taken upon entering the profession is: “A physician shall uphold the dignity and honour of his profession.” And the first declaration made is “I solemnly pledge myself to consecrate my life to service of humanity.” Doctors are professionals and most are not businessmen. Their first thought is about helping others without judgment, so it’s understandable how any doctor could become an easy mark.
Dr. Curtis Bekkum has been caring for the Hana, Lahaina, and Central Maui, Hawaii communities open-heartedly since the day he began practicing medicine in Hawaii. The communities know that health care is never refused in his offices, and it has never been about money. Care always comes first.
We need to reach out to everyone for support as Dr. Bekkum is going through an unjust legal battle that requires substantial funds to prove his innocence. Not all allegations of any crime, including sexual assault, are real. Please DONATE, no matter the amount to Venmo@Curtis-Bekkum. Once again, there has been an alternative donation site established. Click HERE to donate.
To be clear here, this wasn’t an allegation of rape or even touching a private area. “Not a rape,” says the woman to the Maui Police Officer on May 18, 2018. “It’s — it’s a doctor who tried to molest me while I was in a paper gown” in September 2017. The woman waited eight months to make a police report. The following statements are from a Maui Police follow-up interview on April 4, 2019:
Maui Detective Q: And how did that touch, was it like a brush up, was it a cup, or was it something else?
The woman’s Answer: “It was clearly intending to be a grab, but I jumped immediately when I felt contact with my breast.” . . .“He did not get to my vag**a, but that’s where he was going.”
Many men find themselves in similar situations where they are wrongfully accused, or a fictitious story is conjured up to destroy them for purposes of revenge, extortion or even blackmail.
Dr. Bekkum knows it’s tougher (and a lot more expensive) to fight the false allegations rather than settle. He believed, “I am innocent, and the truth will prevail.” Morally, his family and friends are compelled to fight this injustice and hope that it helps someone else facing the same scenario.
Almost invariably, adult false accusers who persist in pursuing charges have a previous history of bizarre fabrications, abuse or criminal fraud. Indeed, they’re often criminals whose family and friends are also criminals; broken people trapped in chaotic lives.
But while false accusers often have similar histories, they very often have various motives for the destruction of someone’s life. These can be divided into roughly four categories: personal gain, mental illness, revenge, and the need for an alibi.
The Background
In May 2018, Dr. Bekkum was accused of sexual assault by a woman (“the woman”) much older than he, who claimed to be a “hospice” caretaker for a patient named Mickael.
The Bekkums have 3 children and tried to shield them from the complaint and trial. It wasn’t until after the trial that they sat down and explained what had happened.
When Dr. Bekkum’s oldest daughter read the complaint and watched the body cam video of the woman filing the police complaint, she immediately knew this wasn’t true. It was totally fabricated. Kiki Bekkum was with her Dad on the alleged assault dates in September 2017 – eight months before the woman filed her police complaint. Unknown to the woman, Dr. Bekkum’s daughter was waiting in the car while her Dad conducted the PRP injection(s) procedure for pain, within full view to see and hear inside.
- The police body cam video of the woman while filing the complaint was mentioned at trial but never fully played in court or for the jurors. It’s a newer technology that should automatically be incorporated in any trial event and it should accompany the transcripts for the jurors to review. Television shows like Lie To Me, Bull and social media videos such as BombardsBodyLanguage, BodyLanguage Guy, BodyLanguage expert and former FBI Joe Navarro, have educated and stimulated the public awareness for signs portraying fact or fiction.
- Dr. Bekkum regrets taking his first attorney’s advice not to testify because he really wanted to tell his side of the alleged incidents. Together, these two issues alone may have brought about a different outcome.
- Dr. Bekkum passed a lie detector test back in 2018 at the request of his attorney and the detectives – which was more than the woman was willing to do.
- If Dr. Bekkum had known how much his daughter had witnessed, she could have testified at trial, as she was the only real witness.
There are some unexpected twists and turns in this story that are elaborated on in the interviews with DeadlyClear.com.
The Allegations
Eight months later in May 2018, the woman filed a sexual assault complaint against Dr. Bekkum, largely supported only by alleged screenshots from her iPhone 5C text messages and her testimony. However, before filing the police complaint, she first contacted the doctor’s insurance company, then when that was at a standstill she contacted the State of Hawaii Dept. of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (it appears to get at his medical license), then the local Civil Beat Newspaper, and only after that – a video taped complaint with the Maui Police.
The woman reported that Dr. Bekkum intended to grope her breast through a paper gown. Most patients know paper gowns are used to cover the patient and keep any blood that might drip during the 6 PRP injections into her back from staining her clothes.
There were multiple discrepancies in the woman’s trial testimony and in the police report she gave. Dr. Bekkum’s daughter provided the court with a declaration after the trial and stated she did not hear or see anything indicating that the woman ran out of the house to the dog kennels as the woman had testified under oath; that there was no screaming, no raised voices as the woman claimed in the police report. The only time the woman was outside was when she came as far as the door/covered lanai area as Dr. Bekkum arrived and left. It became apparent through the woman’s testimony that she thought she was alone; the woman didn’t know there was a witness.
Dr. Bekkum’s daughter testified in her declaration that when Dr. Bekkum was departing, the woman was dressed in the same clothes as when he arrived. The woman gave him the standard Hawaiian kiss on the cheek and a hug, thanked Dr. Bekkum and he went back to his car to leave.
The Payoff
Before Dr. Bekkum had ever heard about the police complaint, the woman’s lawyer contacted his malpractice attorney and said, ‘pay $800,000 or else we will damage his reputation in the media.’
Dr. Bekkum could have settled through his insurance, but he knew he was innocent, and these allegations are completely false. Again, Dr. Bekkum had passed a lie detector test and he is committed to maintaining his innocence.
About a month before the trial, the woman’s lawyer, contacted Dr. Bekkum’s attorney pressing harder to make a deal. Dr. Bekkum’s former attorney provided a letter for proof after the trial that reads:
“During this conversation he [the woman’s lawyer] was pressing to settle the civil matter. He made the following statements to me: that [the woman] was done with Maui, and if we were able to settle the civil case for $150,000.00 that she would leave the island and not appear at the trial of the criminal case.
I subpoenaed him and intended to question him at trial on these facts but was not allowed to do so by ruling [of] the court.”
Johnny Brown, attorney – august 12, 2022
In a very speedy trial, the jury ruled against Dr. Bekkum. The charge on both counts is sexual assault in the fourth degree which is a misdemeanor. The jury did not see or hear a majority of the evidence – especially the missing body cam video of the woman filing the police complaint. Anybody that understands body language would have definitely questioned the validity of her testimony.
Dr. Bekkum immediately appealed the verdict through a new attorney, and is hoping through this appeal that he’ll have a chance for all the information to come to light in the court. He is now in the process of obtaining expert forensics that the woman submitted graphically manipulated and edited evidence. Her job was as a graphic’s editor. Luckily, there are digital forensics companies that have the ability to examine, dissect and provide legal testimony as to the validity of digital evidence produced in court proceedings.
Thanks to the donations of friends, Dr. Bekkum is able to hire a new attorney. The new attorney started the appeal process. Appeals, experts and investigators are expensive. The arduous process can take anywhere between 2 to 5 years.
But this is just the beginning of the lengthy legal process, and Doc Bekkum needs to pay additional retainers and costs to get through the appeal and back to court.
It is a hardship on Dr. Bekkum, his entire family and the community. When you or someone you know is falsely accused it rips you apart. The truth is powerful medicine, and we must get the truth out, not just for Dr. Bekkum, but anyone that could ever be in this same position and that’s what he is fighting for. We need your help fighting for Dr. Bekkum’s the truth and justice – because these fabrications could, and often do, happen much too often to good people.
Please make a donation of any size and as often as you’d like. Dr. Bekkum needs to win this fight, not just for our community and his family, but for all the families and communities in similar situations now and in the future.
The Hana and Maui community have ramped up support for Dr. Bekkum and started another donation site. Please donate whatever you can because this travesty could happen to anyone. Doc is fighting for you. Click HERE for more donation opportunities.
If you want to help but are uncomfortable donating online, please contact Kiki Bekkum, P.O. Box 278, Hana, Hawaii 96713 for alternative donation methods or you can use Venmo@Curtis-Bekkum.
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For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Luke 8:17
See also: How to Prove Innocence When Falsely Accused of Sexual Assault – Part 1
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