No one ever expects a first date to go horribly wrong—but for Jane Doe #2, meeting NCIS actor Gabriel Olds at his Hollywood Hills rental basement apartment turned into a terrifying ordeal.
This court case presents chilling testimony of alleged multiple rapes during one night she came to dinner.
Meeting the Actor: A Flirtation with Unease
JD2 testified that she met Olds in March 2013, at a networking event in Universal City for Yale graduates working in entertainment.
Though he appeared charming and normal, she felt an unsettling internal warning when he spoke—a sign she later recognized had deeper significance.
Their initial meeting felt harmless—a dinner in Koreatown, a soulless kiss goodbye—and years later, she regretted ever consenting to his follow-up invitation to dinner at his place.
What She Thought Was Dinner Became a Violent Assault
Expecting a simple evening of conversation, JD2 followed Olds to his Hollywood Hills studio apartment.
After dinner, seated on a sofa with the bed visible nearby, everything changed.
She says he suddenly attacked her, dragged her onto the bed, strangled her until she lost consciousness, and raped her.
Her voice quavered recounting how he ignored her repeated “No,” choking her again while she said nothing but tried to survive.
When she regained consciousness, she was having her first-ever seizure and in the midst of a brutal sexual assault.
A Ten-Minute Ordeal That Changed Everything
JD2 described the assault lasting nearly ten minutes before Olds climaxed and rolled away.
She lay still—terrified he might kill her. When she felt a shift in his energy and sensed an opening, she gathered her clothes and fled.
Her attacker even messaged her weeks later, acting as if nothing had happened and attempting to normalize the relationship.
Finding Clarity in Shared Trauma
It took a message from another alleged victim, Jane Doe #3, in 2014 for the pieces to click.
Learning that Olds had targeted other women broke her out of the psychological fog.
She then understood the scale of his alleged behavior: preying on single mothers, actresses, and students.
Battling Courtroom Cross-Examination and Self-Doubt
During cross-examination, defense attorneys suggested BDSM was discussed beforehand—an idea she firmly denied.
She was also asked if she’d kissed him before he attacked her—she couldn’t recall because she was trapped in fear and confusion.
Held on $3.5 million bail, he remains jailed pending trial, facing potentially life-long imprisonment if convicted.
