Overview
- Rylaarsdam pleaded guilty on Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and is expected to receive a four-year prison sentence at a hearing next month.
- Prosecutors say phone video and photos show Michael Dale bound with duct tape and plastic wrap, with a plastic bag over his head for about eight minutes.
- The San Diego County medical examiner classified the death as a homicide after police found Dale unresponsive with a plastic bag over his head.
- Court records indicate Dale paid a little over $11,000 for the encounter, and texts show he requested specific fetish acts, including being wrapped “like a mummy.”
- The defense says parts of the session were consensual, that Rylaarsdam called 911 and performed CPR, and notes Dale had alcohol and prescription drugs in his system.