Woman whose bizarre kidnapping was initially dismissed as a 'Gone Girl'-style hoax plans to sue

  • Denise Huskins and her boyfriend reported on March 23 that kidnappers broke into the couple's home, abducted Huskins and demanded money
  • Huskins, 29, turned up safe two days later in her hometown of Huntington Beach, where she says she was dropped off
  • After Huskins reappeared, Vallejo police said at a news conference the kidnapping was a hoax
  • But in July, Matthew Muller, a Harvard-trained disbarred lawyer, was charged in the abduction after being arrested in an attempted robbery

By Ap and Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 10:25 EST, 17 September 2015 | Updated: 15:41 EST, 17 September 2015

Attorneys for a Northern California woman plan to file a claim against the city whose police initially dismissed her kidnapping as a hoax.

Law firm Kerr and Wagstaffe said in a statement that its attorneys intend to file the claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, against the city of Vallejo on Thursday.

The firm is representing Denise Huskins and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn, who reported to police on March 23 that kidnappers broke into the couple's home, abducted Huskins and demanded money.

Called liars: Denise Huskins and her boyfriend reported on March 23 that kidnappers broke into the couple's home, abducted Huskins and demanded money. Police later called it a hoax

Calling out the police: Law firm Kerr and Wagstaffe said in a statement that its attorneys intend to file the claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, against the city of Vallejo, California on Thursday

Calling out the police: Law firm Kerr and Wagstaffe said in a statement that its attorneys intend to file the claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, against the city of Vallejo, California on Thursday

Huskins, 29, turned up safe two days later in her hometown of Huntington Beach, where she says she was dropped off. She showed up hours before the ransom was due.

After Huskins reappeared, Vallejo police said at a news conference the kidnapping was a hoax.

But in July, Matthew Muller, a Harvard-trained disbarred lawyer, was charged in the abduction after being arrested in an attempted robbery in another San Francisco Bay Area city.

Muller's attorney has said he plans to plead not guilty in the kidnapping.

Also this month, it was revealed through secretly recorded interviews that Muller confessed to the kidnapping but only because a vaccine made him go through with it.

The 38-year-old was charged with the March abduction of Huskins after being arrested in connection with an attempted robbery in nearby Dublin, California.

Vindicated: In July, Matthew Muller, a Harvard-trained disbarred lawyer, was charged in the abduction after being arrested in an attempted robbery in another San Francisco Bay Area city

The FBI now claims to have a recording of Muller talking 'off the record' to a reporter in a jailhouse interview - saying he acted alone and that mental illness and a side-effect from a vaccine contributed to his behavior.

The female reporter was not allowed to record the interview and had been asked by Muller not to reveal his alleged comments about why he kidnapped Huskins.

She did report that Muller, who has previously said he has bipolar disorder, told her he felt bad for the kidnapping victim and thought she deserved an apology.

But the jail, which warns people that it records conversations with inmates, recorded the interview, including the portions that were off-the-record, Drone said.

When discussing the kidnapping, Muller said there was no gang, and it was just him, according to the FBI affidavit.

The affidavit was in support of an application filed last month to search laptops, cellphones and other devices found at the South Lake Tahoe home where Muller was arrested, and also inside a Ford Mustang that has been linked to him.

Huskins, 29, turned up safe two days later in her hometown of Huntington Beach, where she says she was dropped off. She showed up hours before the ransom was due

Huskins, 29, turned up safe two days later in her hometown of Huntington Beach, where she says she was dropped off. She showed up hours before the ransom was due

Muller's attorney, Thomas Johnson, said he had no comment on what his client allegedly told the reporter.

Johnson is asking a judge to throw out much of the evidence in the case, saying it was obtained through the illegal search of a cellphone.

Authorities have said they found the cellphone at the scene of the attempted robbery in Dublin.

Huskins' boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, reported that kidnappers broke into the couple's home on March 23, abducted Huskins and demanded money.

His lawyers have said he awoke to a bright light in his face, and that two kidnappers bound and drugged him.

Palo Alto police have said Muller was also a suspect in a 2009 home invasion in that city, but they did not have enough evidence to recommend charges.

According to the FBI search warrant affidavit, Muller's wife reported him missing later in 2009. Muller said he was going off the grid, had problems beyond his mental health and was living in terror, the affidavit said.

He later called his wife from Utah, and she picked him up, according to the affidavit. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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