{"id":3701,"date":"2019-07-22T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T07:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/?p=3701"},"modified":"2019-07-22T12:05:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T07:35:44","slug":"model-claims-former-afghan-defense-ministers-son-raped-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/afghanistan\/model-claims-former-afghan-defense-ministers-son-raped-her\/","title":{"rendered":"Model Claims Former Afghan Defense minister\u2019s Son Raped her"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The wealthy son of the former Afghan defense minister stalked and raped a Manhattan fashion model after she rejected him, she charges in a shocking lawsuit.<!--more--><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Ariana News Agency-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Goolden, a stunning blonde who\u2019s modeled everything from lacy underwear to designer duds, accuses Hamed Wardak of attacking her twice during a trip the two took to Miami on July 4th weekend 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re just a little blonde model. Who will believe you?\u201d she claims Wardak told her afterward, according to a suit she filed against him in Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Wardak, a Georgetown University grad whose father, Abdul Rahim Wardak, served in former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai\u2019s cabinet until 2012, is a club-going partier who\u2019s not shy about spreading his money around, said Goolden, who met Hamed through a friend a decade ago when she was a Washington D.C. college student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe bought me gifts,\u201d Goolden, 29, told The Post. \u201cOf course, he always told me there were no strings attached. He uses his money as a tool to influence almost everybody in his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goolden\u2019s claims are \u201centirely false,\u201d said Wardak\u2019s lawyer, Alexis Fields, who accused the model of \u201cattempting to manipulate the current political and anti-immigrant climate to her tactical advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3706\" src=\"https:\/\/ariananews.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/sara-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/en\/2019\/07\/sara-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/en\/2019\/07\/sara-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.ariananews.co\/en\/2019\/07\/sara.jpg 1033w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The blue-eyed beauty says she agreed to date Wardak, 43, after years of him courting her, but a month into the romance, Wardak allegedly became violent during the Independence holiday jaunt, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Wardak \u2014 who in 2009 inked a $360 million Defense Department contract to transport Army supplies in Afghanistan \u2014 falsely accused her of cheating, at one point \u201cscreaming and pulling her by her hair\u201d and yanking her out of bed, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The next day she tried to leave, but was thwarted when the building\u2019s elevators stopped working, Goolden alleged.<\/p>\n<p>He eventually apologized, and the pair went out later that day with friends. As the group boozed it up, Wardak publicly proposed, she alleged.<\/p>\n<p>Fearing another violent outburst if she said no in front of his entourage, Goolden accepted.<\/p>\n<p>She tried to break things off privately, but says Wardak held her down and sexually assaulted her, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a romantic night \u2026 You should want to be alone with your fiance,\u201d Wardak allegedly told her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was terrified,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She was able to leave two days later, but Wardak allegedly threatened to \u201cruin\u201d her life, have her followed, \u201cmake her look like a con-artist,\u201d and said he would file litigation to drown her in legal fees, according to court papers.<\/p>\n<p>Since the alleged attack, Wardak filed two lawsuits against Goolden, one accusing her of faking their relationship in a bid to get money, and a second seeking the return of $20,000 he claims he paid for her sick dog.<\/p>\n<p>She says he\u2019s spent the year since then stalking her, and records show he\u2019s been arrested twice in Manhattan for violating an order of protection Goolden obtained against him.<\/p>\n<p>Wardak \u201cis a sick person \u2026 and he needs to be stopped,\u201d said Gooldens\u2019 attorney Walker Harman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been the most traumatic thing I\u2019ve ever gone through,\u201d Goolden told The Post. \u201cIt\u2019s a nightmare that will not end.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wealthy son of the former Afghan defense minister stalked and raped a Manhattan fashion model after she rejected him, she charges in a shocking 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