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NEW YORK (AP) -- A college student who branded a date's body with a scalding piece of metal as payback for never calling her after they had sex was sentenced to five years in prison Friday.

Kristina Caban, 23, had no comment as state Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus sentenced her for what he called a crime that was "not remotely justifiable."

Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg told Obus that Caban was the "mastermind behind the plan" to sear the torso of Samir "Sammy" Sara, then 23, for having sex with her once in 2004 and never calling her again.

Caban enlisted new boyfriend Robert Testagrossa to help brand a four-inch-high "R" on Samir's abdomen in October 2006, the prosecutor said. She said Caban lured the former lover to a hotel room, where Testagrossa and another man grabbed him.

Blumberg said the men used a Taser to immobilize Sara in a room at the Chelsea Inn while Caban laughed at his distress and kicked him while he was down.

The branding "iron" was actually a length of metal wire fashioned into a "R" -- heated, and applied to Samir's torso, said Tracy Golden of the Manhattan district attorney's office. She said prosecutors did not know what the "R" stood for.

Caban and Testagrossa, 27, pleaded guilty to assault in August 2007 in exchange for five-year sentences. Testagrossa was sentenced in February and Caban, a photography student, was allowed to graduate from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan before going to prison.

Blumberg said the third assailant remains at large.

He said Sara will have a permanent, tragic memento of his encounter with Caban.

Caban's lawyer, James Friedman said, "She's a good kid, despite the picture painted of her, who exercised poor judgment and got herself into a bad situation. She is not the monster the prosecution made her out to be."

Caban's father, Rafael Caban, 55, is a retired Correction Department captain.

Testagrossa is the son of two prosecutors. His father Charles is the executive assistant district attorney in Queens who prosecuted the Sean Bell police shooting case. His mother is a lawyer in the Nassau County district attorney's office.

PMBalls

Thoughtless date? Sounds more like "batshit girl has issues and cant get over one night stand"

yellowfish

here is hoping Jaun's one night stands dont have acsess to hot irons and tazers

joerockhead

The dude that laughed at him and kicked him, got to finish school before going to prison for 5 years. I am sure the inmates will like these guys!!!

She is a little psycho.

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Lucky13

The one that did that was the girl, not a guy.

YaMon

R you going to the zoo later?

That's what it meant.

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joerockhead

These are two comments, the first is in relation to the BOLDED notes, and then my comment in regards to the chick.

Also, the "R" stands for "REMEMBER to call!"

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facepeeler

I would have to show her how much Smackaho Indian I had in me. She's my candidate for most likely to go all Cameron Diaz in Magnolia on someone.

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Lucky13

Yeah but Caban WAS the chick. It's her last name, read the article again, her name is Kristina Caban.

kulotsalot

Hehe in Juan's world that is called foreplay

licupssy

One of the guy's DA parent(s) must have cut a deal for them. She got to finish college and a 5 year sentence for them both. Most likely they'll both be back on the street in 12 months.

I wonder if the guy's filed a civil suite.

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fmb

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one attracting women with serious mental issues and disturbances. One day, I'm gonna write a book about the weirdos I wound up with. Yeah, I know, it was my choice...... but still, weird is weird.

I wonder if the guy can do something with the scar?? Tattoo over it?? Burn something else over it??

YaMon

If I were the judge, I would have sentenced the guys to 25 years of ass pounding prison, the girl to 50 years of daily strap on butch camp and told them all how fucked they are and in the future; "hate the game, not the player".

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kulotsalot

Maybe it wasn't a one night stand. R = rapist? Hmmm...

Still, def. touched in the head...