A man strangled and castrated in the apartment of his daughter – a young woman whose online identity was the “Original Dark Angel” – was an incestuous “monster” who allegedly sexually abused and raped his child from the time she was 3, her lawyer claimed yesterday.
The explosive claim from Arthur Aidala, the lawyer for Brigitte Harris, 26, came as she remained under 72-hour hold at Bayley Seaton hospital in Staten Island.
Eric Goodridge’s strangled body was found bound in Harris’ Far Rockaway, Queens apartment Saturday, handcuffed, his pants down, a rag around his neck and tape over his mouth. A scissors and scalpel were found in the apartment, though police aren’t sure which instrument was used to cut off Goodridge’s penis – a castration that apparently occurred after Goodridge, 55, died.
“There is ample evidence of long-term and systematic sexual abuse and rape by the deceased,” said Aidala, who called his client “a sweet young girl who was subjected to a monster.”