Suicidal woman Morgan Triplett posted Craigslist ads asking for men to shoot her and beat her in exchange for sex

A suicidal college student posted Craigslist ads calling for men to shoot and beat her in exchange for sex before she falsely reported the incident as a rape.

Morgan Triplett, 20, entered a not guilty plea in court on Friday as details of the February 17 incident came to light.

Assistant District Attoey Johanna Schonfield told how Triplett, who is a student at UC-Santa Barbara, filed the false rape report when she was visiting UC-Santa Cruz for a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender conference.

According to the local Patch, Triplett posted two ads to Craigslist on February 15, the day prior to attending the UCSC conference. The first ad called for someone to shoot her in the shoulder with a small caliber gun. The second wanted someone to punch, kick and bruise her.

Both situations would be done in exchange for sex, and she wrote 'no charges would be filed' against anyone who responded.

'The second ad, which ultimately was the one responded to, was seeking someone with a strong hand to inflict punches, bruises and kicks and compensation was to be provided with sex,' Ms Schonfeld said outside court.

'Several people responded to the ad.

Help: The assistant district attoey said that Triplett was suicidal and placed the two ads on Craigslist because she 'wanted something to bring her back to reality'

'She was suicidal and she wanted something to bring her back to reality.'

Triplett appeared at court on Friday alongside her father who tried to block cameras from taking her picture.

'Right now I just want this to settle down. I’m trying to move on with my life,' she said.

If found guilty, she may face up to six months in jail for falsifying a police report, as well as paying restitution for the dozens of manhours that police had to use in the ten days following her rape report before realizing it was a lie.

Her father said that the case is being mis-characterized, and though he did not elaborate on the details, he said that there are 'two sides to every story.'

Scene: The incident occurred when Triplett- a student at UC-Santa Barbara- was attending a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender conference at UC-Santa Cruz (pictured)

'Morgan asked for some trouble, but she did not ask to be sexually assaulted,' Richard Triplett told the local newspaper, The Register Pajaronian.

'What we're dealing with is a very scared, very upset, very confused 20-year-old girl who has made some poor choices. This is the culmination of those choices.'