(Left) Daniel Katsnelson in 2005, slightly before the assaults occurred. (Middle, Right) The defendant, now known as Daniel Kaye, in more recent photos.
Want to get lucky with a couple of Jewish guys?
Those are words that will probably haunt several York students for the rest of their lives.
On Sept. 6, 2007, many York University students were enjoying Frosh Week. Some who weren’t even students were enjoying themselves a little bit too much.
Daniel Katsnelson and Justin Connort graduated from York in 2006, but were still engaging in the festivities by drinking close to the campus. They made their way to Vanier College around 2:45am, where they entering a total of six bedrooms under the pretense of helping a drunken friend.
Katsnelson has now changed his name to Daniel Kaye. The 25 year-old man lived with his grandparents in an apartment in Thornill, near Bathurst and Steeles, not far from where the assaults occurred. Police eventually identified Katsnelson from surveillance footage.
The exact chronology remains unclear based on media reports, but we do know there were several victims.
The man now known as Daniel Kaye proceeded to forcibly have sexual intercourse with a 17 year-old victim from behind after stating the now-famous line above. The experience was so memorably for Kaye that he captured it on photo. The pair only left when the victim, bleeding from her injuries, resisted a second attempt by Kaye,
F– this, let’s get out of here.
She continued to bleed for a week.
Not satiated, they continued to look for other victims in other rooms. He asked one woman to “make out” with him because,
I have never made out with a black girl.
They continued to search for victims for 90 min., before forcibly raping another 18 year-old student. Before this day she had never had intercourse. Yes, she was a virgin.
But what has shocked the public the most is the apparent lack of remorse of the young man.He even hoped his victims gained something positive from the experience, like learning to keep their doors locked. Presumably to keep people like him out.
When he pleaded guilty back in January he said,
The past two years have been hell for me.
If he thinks that is hell, he deserves to be in hell. His suffering is nothing compared to what I have gone through.
One of his victims dropped out of school as a result. Another laments the permanent trauma she continues to suffer from.
The first victim stated,
I have been given a life sentence through no fault of my own.
The second said,
I feel like damaged goods. I have lost my sense of independence. I am sure I will never be the same.
Connort pleaded guilty at the sentencing hearing last Friday, and was given 3 years in prison. The Crown is asking for 10 years prison for Kaye, registration in the National Sex Offender Registry, and providing a DNA sample. His lawyer is asking for only 3-5 years.
We expect sentencing by April 16.
Your blog is cool; the crimes that Daniel Katsnelson/Kaye and his buddy Justin Connort committed are despicable.
Who is Kaye blaming for the hell he claimed he suffered? He’s actually surprised most people think his belief that his actions were merely a way of having “a good time” is odious? Who raised him? Marauding chimpanzees?
Interesting pick-up line the perps used. I take it that an answer in the negative was neither heard nor regarded. In any case, I doubt the victims felt they had “gotten lucky”.
yeah, he was just sentenced to eight years in prison. With his two year pre-trial stint in jail, he will be eligible for parole in a few years. This is what makes Toronto such a crappy place, this guy and his friend repeatedly ganged raped two minors, made child pornography, terrorized these females for the rest of their lives and has shown no remorse. The fact that he was even given a prison sentence of less than ten years is nasty; he should be given life without parole. That is justice for female rape victims in Canada.