In Olden v. Kentucky (1988) 488 U.S. 227, Olden and another African-American were accused of rape and sodomy of a young white woman. The defense was consent, and the defendants claimed the victim falsely denied that the acts were consensual to protect her relationship with her boyfriend. The trial court barred the defense from cross-examining the victim about the nature of her relationship apparently because the boyfriend was African-American, and the court believed this fact would inflame the jurors' racial prejudice and redound against the complaining witness. (Id. at pp. 230-231.) The Supreme Court held that the trial court's ruling amounted to a denial of the defendant's right to confront an adverse witness.