Out of Bounds

Although she declined a rape examination, Christina did provide a urine sample so that prosecutors could look for evidence of date-rape drugs. The sample came back negative on that level, but small traces of Valium were detected. Christina had recently gotten a prescription for the drug from a dentist, according to evidence offered at the trial, but the prosecution tried to make the case that Justin had slipped it into her drink.

Justin told the courtroom that he and Christina had kissed passionately and taken each other's clothes off. He admitted lying to the police, but he said he didn't put anything in Christina's drink and insisted that she'd been just as into the sex as he was.

It took the jury less than two hours to find him not guilty of sexual assault, though he was convicted of providing alcohol to a minor, a misdemeanor for which he served a month in jail.

Dale McPhetres, the public defender who represented Justin, says he believes Christina and her mother had another motive for pressing charges. "It was my opinion early on that the purpose of this criminal case was just to obtain money in a civil suit," he says.

And in August 2006, while he was still in jail, Justin received notice that he was being sued for the alleged assault. Vail Resorts Inc., which owns Breckenridge, was also sued.

The company settled immediately, paying Christina $20,000 and her mother $10,000, according to civil court records. Justin eventually found a civil attorney, Todd Calvert, and has now filed a countersuit against Christina alleging malicious prosecution, emotional distress, slander and civil conspiracy, among other things.

The civil trial was scheduled to begin November 28.

"All that the criminal case proved is that I'm not guilty. It doesn't prove that she lied, that she slandered me, that she defamed my character," Justin says. "The criminal trial didn't make her have any accountability at all, and she hasn't been held responsible for any of her actions."