On Sept. 12, 2007, a then 21-year-old female WSU student went out with a few friends. They split a pitcher of beer and then went to the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house.

They left for food and came back to watch a movie in a small side bedroom.

The woman fell asleep in the bedroom. Her friends left to sleep at the sorority’s sleeping porch.

Less than three hours later, the woman awoke with two men in the room. The first thing she remembers is hands on her face and inside her underwear. When she moved, the men fled.

"I just remember turning around and looking at what was going on,” she told a jury Tuesday. “I saw a man’s face. I heard a wrapper sound. I heard, when turning over, a loud whisper of ‘She’s awake. Go!’”

When Whitman County Prosecutor Denis Tracy asked her who was the man she saw, the woman pointed her finger at Christopher Jack Reid.

The woman was the first witness to testify in Reid’s trial. The Daily Evergreen does not identify victims of sexual assault.

REID IN PULLMAN

Reid, an adult film actor, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree rape, a charge of first-degree burglary, two charges of residential burglary and a charge of attempted residential burglary.

As Whitman County Superior Court Judge David Frazier presided, the prosecutor and the defense attorney painted two very different pictures of the events leading to the alleged rape.

Tracy said Reid visited College Hill with a mission, a mission to find girls to have sex with him on and off the camera. He said Reid repeatedly bragged about his work to others, and directly asked at least one woman to sleep with him on-camera.

Defense attorney Chris Bugbee said Reid was between shooting movies and came to Pullman looking only to party. Bugbee said Reid bragged only to make friends and because he’s proud of his work.

Bugbee said Reid was convinced to participate in some of the night’s activities by Kyle M. Schott, a former WSU student who has since been convicted of third-degree rape and second-degree burglary.

Schott’s 13-month sentence was part of a plea bargain to testify against Reid, Tracy said.

Bugbee said Reid was not the man the woman saw in the room.

“The presumption of innocence, this man is draped in it,” Bugbee told jurors during his opening statements. “In fact, you must assume he is as innocent as you.”

THE NIGHT'S EVENTS

During their opening statements, both Tracy and Bugbee told the jury their side of the story. Both mostly agreed on the events that took place – until about 4 a.m.

Around noon that Wednesday, Reid went to Munchyz’s looking to make friends. He went to Stubblefield’s, where he met Schott.

Schott and Reid stayed at Stubblefield’s until 2 a.m., and then left, looking for parties. Here, the stories begin to differ.

One witness will testify that at least two men climbed onto the porch at Pi Beta Phi sorority, Tracy said.

She didn’t call police because she thought they might be fraternity men, visiting or playing a prank on friends or girlfriends.

She would later tell police she saw Reid steal a soda, and that he left after refusing to tell her why he was in the house

The two men then went to Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity around 3:30 a.m. and fiddled with the key pad and doorknob.

Tracy said they were deliberately looking for women to rape and molest, mistaking the fraternity for a sorority.

Bugbee said they were looking for a party.

Both agree Reid, the more gregarious of the two, did most of the talking. The two fraternity members who came to the door told them to leave.

“By the time they left, Reid was very intoxicated,” Bugbee said. “He wanted to go home. Schott didn’t want him to.”

Bugbee said Reid then tried to call a cab at Delta Delta Delta, but the two left before doing so.

Reid then allegedly entered Delta Gamma sorority and let Schott in. When a sorority member told them to leave, Reid ran to a piano and began playing it, Tracy said. Another nearby sorority member who heard the noise kicked the two out.

The two women told police the men left about 3:57 a.m.

Tracy said Reid still needed to find someone to have sex with

Bugbee said Reid was tired and wanted to go home, but Schott convinced him to stay out longer. Bugbee said Reid’s job excited Schott, who was convinced Reid could be his ticket to meeting girls.

Bugbee said Reid left Schott before the incident at Kappa Alpha Theta.

THE ALLEGED RAPE

Though the accounts differ, both sides agreed two men entered the sorority. Tracy said at least one looked at porn downstairs, before they found the victim sleeping.

Tracy said both men sexually touched the victim and that Reid also had intercourse with her.

“Don’t forget Kyle Schott’s there,” Tracy said. “He’s not the good guy in this.”

Bugbee said Reid was not there, but was an easy target for the charges. He said Reid was not looking to make porn, and only said that to impress people.

“Chris Reid is a scapegoat, and he’s a darn good scapegoat,” Bugbee said. “He had no film crew. He talks a big game, but he had no intent to do scenes in Pullman. Despite what he said, it’s just his way to get in and meet people.”

Bugbee also questioned the victim about her confidence in identifying Reid last September and now. She said she was initially too shocked to be sure, but is now 100 percent certain.

A jury of eight women, four men and one alternate man will hear Reid’s case through Friday. If convicted, Reid could spend more than six years in prison for the rape charge alone.

About 38 more witnesses may testify are on the potential witness list.