Maplewood man used ‘date rape’ drug to assault woman (2025)

Ramsey County prosecutors have charged a Maplewood man with sexual assault, alleging he drugged and raped a woman, leaving her unconscious before she was eventually hospitalized.

Kyle Kamp, 38, was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct for assaulting the 22-year-old woman in St. Paul last November. He’s been ordered to have no contact with her.

Court documents say Kamp was released from jail after his $80,000 bail was posted Thursday. His first hearing is scheduled for April 4.

According to charging documents, St. Paul Police responded Nov. 15 to the 2000 block of Hadley Street on November 15 after the alleged victim’s mother said her daughter did not come home or answer her phone. Officers found her unconscious in Kamp’s living room. Kamp was nearby, telling medics that she took 30 shots of alcohol the previous night before she fell unconscious at 2 a.m.

The woman was taken to the hospital where staff reported she was “critically ill.” They intubated her and put her on a ventilator before her health improved. She awoke the next day.

The woman told a physician and nurse examiner that she spent time with Kamp last January and February, but did not speak to him again for eight months. He picked her up that night at around 9 p.m. and they drank shots of alcohol at several locations before going to Kamp’s house. She felt uncomfortable when they arrived, warning her sister to watch her GPS location. She asked Kamp for a ride home, but said he didn’t care and responded, “you want to leave me already?” She tried to order a Lyft home but could not find any drivers. At some point they had two shots of alcohol, but she said she did not see Kamp pour the last drink.

She texted her sister minutes after taking that drink, suggesting that Kamp wanted sex but it would not happen. She lost all memory of what happened after that.

Testing revealed the woman’s blood contained less than .01 percent of alcohol. Further testing found sperm and evidence of GHB, a commonly known date rape drug that causes blackouts, memory loss and respiratory arrest. She denied agreeing to any sexual activity with Kamp that night.

Kamp told responding officers that he and the woman had 30 shots of tequila that night before having sex and passing out. He claims she was in his bathroom throwing up by around 2:30 p.m. the next day, adding that he found her unconscious after getting out the shower. Kamp agreed to an interview with police at first, but cancelled after retaining a lawyer.

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Administrator David Hough told the County Board that much of the rest of the new spending is directed at employee salaries and benefits. The county workforce is expected to remain flat at nearly 10,000 employees.

The proposed capital budget includes $100 million for the Blue Line Light Rail extension. Another $45 million is slated for projects at HCMC, including a new parking ramp that will help make room for the eventual construction of an inpatient hospital tower.

Commissioners will meet with department leaders over the next two months to work on specifics of the 2025 budget before approving it in mid-December.

Ramsey County is on a rare biennial budget cycle, meaning it approved its 2025 budget last year, anticipating this year’s 4.75% increase. There’s a caveat, though: Then-County Manager Ryan O’Connor said at the time that cannabis sales tax could lower the 2025 levy. It didn’t, former Interim County Manager Johanna Berg said last month, because the county doesn’t have a sense of what that revenue will look like yet.

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Many of those organizations fill gaps in government services, whether it’s mental health help or food assistance, and are part of building the civic fabric of the state, Aanestad said.

“There’s something bigger at stake,” she said. “It impacts all of us.”

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