WEARE, N.H. (AP) – The man who beat up his 15-year-old daughter’s boyfriend in a high school parking lot last month believed the boy had raped her, according to court documents.

The girl later said she had been lying and that the sex was consensual, she said.

This week, Gilberto Soto, 38, of Weare, was arraigned on a charge of second-degree assault for attacking 17-year-old Damon Hadley.

According to court documents, the girl’s mother called police at 1 p.m. on Sept. 10 and said she wanted to file a report that her daughter had been forced to have sex with Hadley in the parking lot of John Stark Regional High School.

Later that afternoon, Soto called police and asked what was going to happen to the boy. Ten minutes later, he was arrested in the crowded parking lot and Hadley was cut and bruised.

Although the daughter initially told police Hadley forced himself on her, she later admitted lying, saying she made up the false report because she was scared, according to court documents. Hadley told police the girl’s parents did not allow her to date.

Hadley, of Henniker, has been charged with misdemeanor sexual assault because the girl was 15.

Under state law, a person can’t consent to sex until the age of 16.

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Information from: New Hampshire Union Leader, http://www.unionleader.com

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