‘Waterboarding’ boyfriend on trial

A man faces a decade behind bars after he allegedly waterboarded his girlfriend to find out if she was cheating on him.

Waterboarding simulates the feeling of drowning, and Dylan VanCamp is said to have been violently abusive in other ways, too.

The 22-year-old, from Wisconsin, had been dating the unnamed woman for one month when he allegedly attacked her. His victim told police that VanCamp waterboarded her when he saw she had been chatting to a man on social media.

He allegedly punched her in the face, before dragging her from a shower by her hair and covering her face with a cloth and pouring water on it.

She claims that he left her eyes uncovered, so that she could see what he was doing.

A police report stated: “VanCamp dumped about three cups of water, trying to get her to admit that she was cheating with the guy she had been on the computer with. [She] stated that she could not breathe and it felt like she was drowning.” VanCampfaces six charges, including suffocation, stalking, and battery.

He is also accused of throwing a fork at his victim, and of attacking her on two other occasions, including once when she fell unconscious.