Michelle Hadley (above) was facing life in prison when she was arrested back in July. She was accused of posting Craigslist ads to get people to go over to the home of Angela Diaz and live out her rape fantasies. The ads stated they should not stop even if Diaz said to stop.
Diaz went to great lengths to frame Hadley by allegedly falsely reporting a rape claim and posing as Hadley in emails and on Craigslist.
Diaz has been charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, falsely reporting crimes, perjury, grand theft and forgery, among other charges. She was arrested by Phoenix, Arizona, police on Friday.
Hadley spent 88 days in jail without bail before prosecutors decided something was not quite right. At that point they released her on her own recognizance, and on Monday, fully exonerated her.
The man that links the two women is Ian Diaz, an agent with the U.S. Marshals Service, who dated Hadley in Anaheim, California from 2013 to 2015 before marrying Diaz, according to court records. Prosecutors said they have no evidence he was involved.
The bizarre events began in June, when Diaz reported to Anaheim police that men had been arriving at her home to engage in a "rape fantasy" encounter, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said men were intercepted by police and told them they thought they were going to engage in a consensual act.
The officials said Diaz also called 911 and falsely reported that a man attempted to rape her in her garage, and she appeared with her shirt ripped and her neck red.
At the same time, Diaz told police Hadley had been threatening to have her raped, and had also sent threats that included graphic photos saying she would kill her and her unborn child. Diaz had faked the pregnancy, prosecutors allege.
The false evidence led to Hadley's arrest.
But the case fell apart as authorities learned all the threats and solicitations had allegedly come from Diaz herself. Diaz used her phone, the condo she shared with her husband, and her father's home in Arizona to make the calls and emails, prosecutors said.