A Fayette county jury found a Winchester man not guilty of kidnapping and sexual assault charges.
Joshua Rayburn is now free, but his family is not happy about how the justice system handled his case.
“It’s awful. People will just jump to conclusions because they see or hear something without hearing any evidence or knowing for a fact, and it was proven that he is just not guilty,” said Bryan Rayburn, Joshua’s brother.
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In July, Joshua Rayburn was accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Winchester girl.
Family members say he had offered the alleged victim a ride, which she had asked for, before dropping her near a relative’s home at the Greenbrier Estates in Lexington.
Rayburn spent eight months in jail. The jury returned a “not guilty” verdict in just two days.
Bryan Rayburn told LEX 18 that he didn’t need that much time to know his brother was innocent.
“He’s just a really quiet, nice guy. Really educated and he just doesn’t have a mean bone in his body,” said Bryan.
Bryan admits that no one will truly know what happened in the car except for his brother and the alleged victim, but he feels that the girl’s story doesn’t add up, including her claim that she pepper sprayed him.
“There was forensics done on the car. No sign of pepper spray,” said Bryan.
There was also testimony about the vehicle’s door locks. The doors do not lock automatically.
“I don’t know why the Commonwealth of Kentucky kept him locked up for so long with so little evidence,” said Bryan.
Bryan says that the family is meeting with attorneys this week to consider options regarding a civil suit.
Joshua Rayburn is in Louisville now, where he’ll spend a few months trying to get his life back together.
