District attorney forced to refer to male rapist as ‘she/her’ in California court

During a July preliminary hearing in Madera, California, Carroll asked his attorney to require the prosecutor to refer to him by his "preferred pronouns" of she/her. Madera County DA Eric DuTemple objected and was told he could file a brief, and the judge would consider his arguments at a later date. On Monday, the judge ruled that DuTemple has to refer to the alleged male rapist as “she/her” during court proceedings.

Earlier this year, Caroll was charged with rape. According to court documents, "On or about January 30, 2024, in the County of Madera, State of California, the crime of Forcible Rape … was committed in that TREMAINE D CARROLL did unlawfully have and accomplish an act of sexual intercourse with a person, to wit, Jane Doe, not against said person's will, by means of force, violence, duress, menace and fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury on said person and another."

"One of the alleged victims of the Jan. 30 incident is a biological female, identified as Jane Doe in court documents, who said Carroll attacked her in the shower at the Central California Women’s Facility and raped her. The complaint also mentions another unidentified victim. Carroll has since been transferred to Kern Valley State Prison, a male-only facility in Delano, online records show," Fox reported.

According to the Women's Liberation Front (WoLF), Carroll was the public face of California’s Senate Bill 132, the “Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act,” which was introduced by radical Democratic state Sen. Scott Wiener and signed into law in 2020 by Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. The bill allows transgender prisoners to be housed in a facility consistent with their gender identity who “self-identify” as women or non-binary, allowing men to be placed in female prisons, despite their surgical status.

Carroll is a prolific offender with a criminal history dating back to 1988 when he was charged with grand theft of property and possession of a firearm by a minor. In 1990, he committed his first- and second-strike offenses under California's Three Strikes Law in a crime that involved allegations of kidnapping, robbery, and sexual assault, including three counts of kidnapping for ransom, two counts of robbery, and three counts of "oral copulation in concert by force." He pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping and was sentenced to prison for 10 years and eight months.

In the numerous complaints, Carroll referred to himself as a male but following SB 132’s passage, Carroll began referring to himself as “she” and a “trans woman,” and in August 2021, was placed in the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF).

Fox News reported that in 1998 Carroll received his third strike after being the getaway driver in a jewelry store robbery and was sentenced to 25 years to life. While awaiting trial he was found in possession of a metal wire shank and was given an additional four years to be run consecutively with his 25-to-life term. While in prison, Carroll used “he” and “him” pronouns and continued to accrue rule violations between 2001 and 2015, including fighting with other inmates, refusing to obey orders, drug possession, filing a false report against a peace officer, and "behavior that could lead to violence."

He also filed various complaints alleging racial discrimination and sexual misconduct by CDCR employees. Amie Ichikawa, founder and executive director of Women II Women, told the outlet "Tremaine has a long history of filing lawsuits against the department, tons of lawsuits. He is constantly writing inmate complaints about everyone and anyone he can have a negative impact on.”

The policy that allows men to be placed in women's prisons is being challenged by four women who are in the same prison as Carroll, Janine Chandler, Krystal Gonzales, Tomiekia Johnson, and Nadia Romero, who are represented by the Women’s Liberation Front.