Attorney for Lynn ‘dominatrix’ lashes out

LYNN – The lawyer for a Lynn dominatrix arrested for sodomy and rape lashed out at the victim and police Wednesday, saying Ariana Murrell’s boyfriend only filed cha-rges after she kicked him out of her house the night before.Attorney Elaine Whitfield Sharp of Marblehead, who also represents Murrell in a lawsuit against the Lynn Police Department that is pending in U.S. District Court, says the 46-year-old alleged victim is a bipolar, illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic who was allowed to leave Murrell’s home in the three years he’s lived there.Murrell, 40, even bought the victim a plane ticket to the Dominican Republic a few months ago but he declined to accept it, said the attorney, who forwarded The Item an electronic copy of the plane ticket for a flight that departed from Boston on Jan. 20.Now, Whitfield Sharp says Murrell is “humiliated” and lost custody of her two grandchildren Wednesday only 14 days after they were awarded to her by Judge Nelson Dillday of the Salem Probate Court.In addition, Whitfield Sharp provided copies of court records showing Murrell has a pending assault and battery case against the victim after he allegedly attacked her and a handyman inside her 35 Baltimore St. home in 2007. Murrell filed a separate police report against the victim after he was allegedly caught on video stealing Murrell’s credit cards, which were later used fraudulently, from her pocketbook.”He is not a reliable source,” she said. “The night before he went to the police Ariana said she intended to be a witness against him? She told him to get out of the house.”Police arrested Murrell on Monday at her workplace, a Lewis Street tax preparation business, and charged her with sodomy, rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery.The victim says, among other allegations, that Murrell sodomized him when he didn’t agree to photograph himself naked to post on the Internet. She also allegedly forced him to wear costumes and participate in bondage sessions with other men.Murrell filed trespassing charges against city workers in June after when they tried to impose a cease and desist order because she was building an illegal room on her house. The victim tells police the room was being turned into a dungeon, according to police reports.Murrell’s case against the Lynn police stemming from an incident in 2002 is still pending in court, according to Whitfield Sharp. The attorney says police unlawfully stormed into her home to break up a party and used pepper spray on women and children after Murrell refused to allow them inside without a warrant.”All I can smell is retaliation,” said Whitfield Sharp, referring to her client’s rape arrest.