a woman on the other end introduced herself as jerry rammertan's wife. >> that was a shocker. i dutyoubted her at first. you can't be serious. >> reporter: it got worse. not only was jerry married, he also had three children. simona confronted him. >> how did you explain, i have a wife and i'm with you. >> i explained to her that before i met her i was separated from my wife. she was upset about it, but she never ended the relationship. >> reporter: but it was the beginning of the end. simona banished jerry to the basement and finally told her to leave her house by february 20, 2009. but, more than two weeks after the deadline, jerry was still there. >> he was talking about a relationship like it still existed. i kept on saying to him, jerry, you have to leave. we're not together. >> reporter: they started arguing. but this time simona says it took a dark turn. >> he got my hands behind me. next thing i'm hearing duct tape unrolled. >> reporter: simona said jerry jammed his knee into her back, pushed her facedown onto her bed and quickly taped her wrists together. but she says

she also lived with her boyfriend jerry rammertan.hat relationship took a dark and violent turn. >> he just grabbed me with one arm and just pulled like right down the stairs. >> he dragged you down to the basement? >> all the way down. he didn't utter a word. just took all his clothes off. >> he raped you? >> yes. >> jerry rammertan was arrested and charged with rape. he emphatically denied it. she said she had been bound, dragged downstairs, raped. >> i never touched simone. >> you did have sex that night? consensual sex? >> sure. it was never rape. >> reporter: then on the night of may 21st, 2010, simona suddenly found herself on the wrong side of the law. she was arrested and charged with committing three armed robberies. when you heard robbery and simona what was your first thought? >> i thought, wow, i can't believe it. i didn't think she was like that. >> reporter: simona languished in jail for seven long months. then an informant came forward, with proof that all the evidence had been faked to frame her. >> there was no doubt