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Peter Braunstein (born January 26, 1964) is a former New York City-based journalist, writer, and playwright who became infamous for committing an October 31, 2005 sexual assault and leading police on a multi-state manhunt until his capture and self-injury in Memphis, Tennessee on December 16, 2005. Dubbed the "Halloween rapist", the "fake firefighter", "fire fiend", and other names by the media, Braunstein became the most wanted man in New York City, a dubious honor often reserved for murderers, mobsters, or terrorists. Braunstein formerly worked as a writer for ''Women's Wear Daily'' and ''The Village Voice'', and his former colleagues avidly followed the case on blogs. His trial in May 2007 drew a lot of media attention. It lasted four weeks, during which the victim testified at length about the attack, a former girlfriend testified about their relationship and excerpts from Braunstein's journal were read into the record. Defense lawyers tried to argue diminished capacity, claiming Braunstein suffered an organic brain disorder with effects similar to paranoid schizophrenia that made him delusional and incapable of intent. The jury was not convinced, and convicted him of 10 counts of kidnapping, burglary, robbery and sexual abuse. He was acquitted on the charge of arson.〔Hartocollis, Anemona; May 24, 2007; "(Writer Is Convicted in Sex Attack on Former Colleague )"; ''The New York Times''; retrieved May 24, 2007.〕 ==Biography== Peter Braunstein was born to Alberto and Angele Braunstein in Kew Gardens, Queens. His father was a Manhattan gallery owner. Braunstein studied abroad at Sorbonne in Paris and is fluent in French. He came back to New York to pursue a PhD degree in History from NYU. In 2000, he got a job at ''W magazine'', writing mostly about the history and culture of rock music. He also freelanced for the publications mentioned above. He began dating his coworker, ''W'' beauty editor Jane Larkworthy. After breaking up with her, Braunstein started using the magazine's website as a blog to harass his ex-girlfriend, whom he referred to as "BioHazard". He was charged with 37 counts of harassment, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to three years probation. According to the victim, Braunstein harassed her for 18 months, taped her hands to a chair, sent frightening emails and phone messages to her coworkers and family, and posted her naked photos and personal information on an adult web site. On November 22, 2004, Braunstein cut his own chest with a knife and then claimed his ex-girlfriend attacked him. He was taken by the police to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and released after two hours. Various parsings of these events had him suffering from what could be described as delusions of grandeur and paranoia. He went back to live with his mother in Queens, which earned him the nickname "George Costanza" among his associates. In 2004 he wrote the off-off-broadway play ''Andy & Edie'' about the relationship between Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick.〔(off-off-Broadway reviews, listings, and more ). offoffonline. Retrieved on 2010-11-13.〕 Although it played to full houses at the relatively small Shetler Studio Theater, the piece wasn't well received by some critics. He stopped talking to his father after he made a negative comment about the play. Braunstein also came up with a hit list of "gay men" whom he wanted to "punish." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Braunstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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