Source: Women are Human
Last Updated 19:46:26 UTC Saturday, October 3, 2020
US — San Francisco, California. A prominent transgender community activist was accused of forcefully entering a home and perpetrating a vicious rape.
At the time of the incident, Dana Contreras, who uses the name Dana McCallum professionally, was a senior engineer at Twitter. He had worked for the social media company since 2010, and was recognized by Business Insider as “one of the geniuses behind Twitter.”
He was also commonly acknowledged as “one of the most important gay or transgender people in the tech industry.” He often described himself as an “advocate for women and LGBT people.”
Mr McCallum, who is male but identifies as a woman, was separated from his wife and she was in the process of divorcing him when he arrived unexpectedly at her condo in Noe Valley. He raped his estranged wife in an alcohol-induced rage, she said. The victim’s three teen children and daughter’s teen friend were present in the home at the time of the violent attack.
Mr McCallum and his wife of over six years had gotten married before he decided that he is a woman and began to transition. The night before the attack, the wife served him with divorce papers.
The five felonies with which Mr McCallum was charged on January 29, 2014 were three counts of spousal rape, one count of false imprisonment and one count of domestic violence.
Mr McCallum initially pleaded not guilty, claiming through lawyer John Runfola that his accuser was motivated by money. “I’m just disgusted that … this is going on,” Mr Runfola proclaimed. “Dana is an employee [at Twitter] and is about to come into a large amount of money. … This whole thing is about money.”
In October 2014, Mr McCallum submitted a guilty plea to one count of domestic violence with corporal injury to the spouse, as well as to one count of false imprisonment.
For these misdemeanor pleas, Mr McCallum received a sentence of three years probation, four days in county jail, 25 hours of community service, counseling for substance abuse, 52 weeks of domestic violence counseling, and payment of some minor fees. He was also ordered to stay away from his wife.
With credit for the four days he had served while the trial was pending, Mr McCallum served no prison time following sentencing.
UPDATE 19:46:26 UTC Saturday, October 3, 2020
In 2020, it was revealed that Mr McCallum is now known as Dana Davidsen. The man who once faced the court for the brutal rape of a woman now works part-time in aviation, where he is able to teach young women how to fly.
Correction: Month of guilty plea
