Matteson Family in Court For Nude Pix Kidnap Case

A teenage girl accused of carrying out a kidnapping plot with her parents to stop her lover from posting a naked picture of her online appeared in court Wednesday.

Xenia Jaimes, 18, went before Cook County Judge Frank Zelezinski, as did her mother, 43-year-old Dalanya Jaimes, and father, Richard Dearman, 41. All three face charges of aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, armed robbery, burglary, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated battery, and intimidation.

The attorney representing Dearman, Joseph "Shark" Lopez, said the Matteson family is accused of kidnapping Xenia's 19-year-old boyfriend, tying him up and stealing his property to stop him from posting a naked picture of the young lady.

"How far is too far for a parent to protect his child," Lopez said. "We're talking about a suburban family that's never been through anything like this before."

According to a CBS Chicago story posted in February, Xenia and the 19-year-old from Richton Park "had been having a casual sexual relationship five months prior to the alleged (January) attack."

Xenia had wrongly accused her lover of stealing her iPod, the story said, and he threatened to post naked pictures of her on the Internet if she did not call him to discuss the allegation. Fearful he would follow through, the story said, Xenia:

"texted him on Jan. 15 and told him to come to her family’s house (in) the 100 block of Stonebrook Road in Matteson, police said. She then led him to the basement, where he was confronted by five people wearing ski masks and bandanas and holding metal pipes, police said. One of them was holding a walking crutch."

Attorney Jorge Ochoa said the facts of the case may prove not to match up with the account the Richton Park teen gave police.

"We're looking forward to trying this case with Xenia Jaimes, Dalanya Jaimes and Richard Dearman," Ochoa said. "You can't trust everything this guy said."

Whatever happened, Lopez said, Xenia's parents had good intentions.

"Obviously it was an imperfect plan to protect the child," he said. "It went too far."

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