A man notorious for his involvement in the "Gone Girl" kidnapping case has recently been charged with two decades-old home invasion sexual assaults. Matthew Muller, 47, currently serving a 40-year prison sentence, was indicted on charges stemming from incidents that occurred in 2009.

According to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office, Muller is accused of breaking into a woman's Mountain View home in September of that year, where he allegedly tied her up, forced her to consume medications, and threatened rape. Remarkably, the victim persuaded Muller to refrain from his assault, subsequently recommending that she obtain a dog for protection as he left.

Just weeks later, on October 18, 2009, Muller allegedly carried out another break-in in Palo Alto, where he bound and gaged a woman, forcing her to drink NyQuil before initiating an assault. She also managed to convince him to stop during this incident. Prosecutors have charged him with two felony counts of sexual assault during a home invasion, which could incur a life sentence.

Muller's legal troubles date back to 2015 when he kidnapped and sexually assaulted Denise Huskins in a widely publicized case that initially saw authorities suspecting Huskins and her boyfriend as potential perpetrators of a hoax, drawing comparisons to the novel and film Gone Girl.

Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, had been attacked in his Vallejo home, where both were drugged, bound, and blindfolded before Muller kidnapped Huskins. She was released two days later, having been taken to a remote area far from where she had initially disappeared. The Vallejo police investigation was plagued by errors, with officers questioning the couple's account and insinuating they had faked the kidnapping.

This latest round of charges against Muller arose from new forensic analysis that connected him to the earlier crimes through DNA evidence. District Attorney Jeff Rosen emphasized, "The details of this person’s violent crime spree seem scripted for Hollywood, but they are tragically real." Muller, a disbarred Harvard-educated attorney, has not yet commented on the new allegations, and his public defender has stated there will be no comment as they prepare to respond to the latest developments.

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