Man convicted of sexually abusing vulnerable adult

Published 8:22 pm Saturday, September 20, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis man has been convicted of posing as a personal care attendant to have sex with a vulnerable adult.

A Hennepin County jury convicted 43-year-old Corey Gordon on Thursday on one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Jurors deliberated for two-and-a-half days before convicting Gordon. Prosecutors will seek a life sentence when Gordon is sentenced Sept. 25.

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Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman called Gordon “the worst kind of predator.” Freeman said Gordon sought out a woman with “the reasoning and emotional abilities of a fourth-grader,” and then posed as her personal care attendant to have sex with her.

According to the complaint, Gordon approached the victim at the Mall of America and took her to a coffee shop in October 2012.

Defense attorneys argued the couple was in love.