HONOLULU (KHON2) — In the 1980’s, John Freudenberg was an honor student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, but at 23, he was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after admitting to raping or attempting to rape 16 women.
Freudenberg, who was granted parole in September, is now a free man after being released from the Halawa Correctional Facility Thursday morning.
“He admitted to his crimes, got the highest possible sentence and did probably one of the longest sentences as anyone in the state of Hawaii,” said Myles Breiner, John Freudenberg’s attorney.
Freudenberg’s attorney said in the last 40-years, he hasn’t picked up a single flag for misconduct. He also completed the sex offender treatment program four times and even became a mentor to other inmates. However, one of Freudenberg’s victims said she’s still haunted by the assault and doesn’t believe he’s changed.
“So these classes that he’s been taking all of these decades I believe have not been beneficial for him, for this type of offender,” said the victim. “I’m really concerned for public safety and I don’t want anyone to go through what I did.”