It’s true!
A prominent Colorado attorney — who worked in and out of the public eye but was employed largely on the public’s dime for the past several years — now faces the possibility of spending decades behind bars.
In May, Matthew Zick Krob, 42, was convicted by a jury on five felony charges including two counts of sexual assault, two counts of unlawful sexual contact, and assault in the second degree involving an attempted strangulation. He was also convicted on two misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault and obstructing telephone service, according to Douglas County Sheriff’s Office records.
On Tuesday, the defendant was sentenced to 12 years to life in prison by a Douglas County judge during a stirring sentencing hearing.
The sentence stems from a sexual assault at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park in Larkspur — a location in a nationwide chain of cabin, camping and RV park resorts near the Pike-San Isabel National Forest; due west of Colorado Springs — that occurred on Nov. 20, 2022.
Police received a 911 call around 4 a.m. on the night in question — someone was crying on the other end of the phone and details were hard to come by, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Tribune, a paper serving Colorado’s Tri-Lakes region. The call was quickly disconnected. When dispatchers called back, someone else answered but swiftly hung up; additional callbacks went to voicemail.
Douglas County deputies responded to a cabin at the cartoon-themed resort park, according to the affidavit. Inside the cabin, the caller was found with blood on their chest. The crimson-colored, telltale signs of violence also covered the bed. The victim told deputies that Krob had sexually assaulted them after an argument earlier that night.
The way the victim felt about the attack, and how they will remember the pain, was made clear this week — along with additional details. And, as it turns out, there was reportedly at least one additional victim.
In impact statements, Krob’s victims said they were kept prisoner and tortured for hours, according to a courtroom report by Colorado Springs-based ABC affiliate KRDO. The victims told the judge during the sentencing hearing they have “no words to describe the devastation,” and that “the sounds from that night will never leave.”
The since-condemned man was silent during the hearing.
Krob’s brother and father, who is also a lawyer, spoke on his behalf — saying the allegations from the sexual assault trial are like nothing they ever heard or knew to be true about their close family member, and trying to extol him as a person of high character.
Now, Krob will spend 12 years behind bars, at the very least, before he is eligible for parole.
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