Lawyer disputes hoax claim in California kidnapping

VALLEJO, Calif. -- A lawyer disputes police claims the kidnapping of a California woman was a hoax and says her boyfriend was bound and drugged during the abduction.

Attorney Dan Russo says his client Aaron Quinn did not immediately call police when his girlfriend Denise Huskins was abducted early Monday because at least two kidnappers "forced him to drink something" they said was a drug.

Investigators said they were suspicious when Quinn took hours to report strangers broke into his home and abducted Huskins for an $8,500 ransom. Police could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Huskins turned up safe Wednesday in Huntington Beach, California, the same day police revealed they had no proof of a kidnapping and believe it was a hoax.

After the investigation turned to the couple, police said they couldn't contact Huskins or her family members by the end of Wednesday and do not know where she is now. Police questioned Quinn for 17 hours, Russo said. Huskins had indicated she would talk to detectives, and the FBI arranged to have her flown back to Northern California, police said.