A jury has been selected in Livingston Parish for the trial of Melanie Curtin.
Prosecutors with the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office believe Melanie Curtin was the mistress of former high-ranking Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Deputy, Dennis Perkins.
Curtin is charged with aggravated rape and video voyeurism after investigators say they uncovered a 17-minute video of her assisting Dennis Perkins in allegedly raping a drugged and incapacitated woman back in 2014.
Opening statements should begin this morning at the Livingston Parish Courthouse.
Dennis Perkins himself is accused of multiple charges, including rape and producing child pornography.
Perkins’ former schoolteacher wife, Cynthia, is also charged in the case and is set to be tried separately.
12 jurors and 2 alternates were finally picked by attorneys in the trial of Melanie Curtin.
