Seattle – And he finally got some time for it. He was found guilty of repeatedly raping a 32-year-old woman at Kindred Hospital in Northgate last year and has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. He fondled and raped the woman who was paralyzed and couldn’t speak as the result of a stroke. The woman used an alphabet board to tell authorities about the rape, according to charging documents. She wrote a letter that was read in court by a victim’s advocate.

“Even though it was a sick pleasure for Darboe, it hurt me very badly. Only I would know the great pain of biting my tongue while being raped, stilll unable to open my mouth after the stroke,”

The letter also said the woman had suffered a second stroke as a result of Darboe’s assaults on her in the critical weeks after her initial medical crisis. While in court, the victim wailed at Darboe from her wheelchair to express her outrage and injury. Not being able to speak, she was able to sum up her feelings toward the man in on simple gesture; she forced her hand into an obscene gesture that she directed at him.

Prosecutors said an investigation into Darboe’s employment history indicated he managed to keep his license to work in health care despite two previous allegations of rape and three claims of sexual misconduct.

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