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SHEBOYGAN - Eugenia Garrison and her 14-year-old daughter were arrested for robbing a man and threatening to falsely accuse him of rape. But in an exclusive interview with TODAY'S TMJ4 reporter Michael George, she said she and her daughter are the real victims. Garrison said she and her teenage daughter were at a local bar late on Monday night. They met a businessman from Texas, and he brought them back to his hotel room. At about 3:30 a.m., she claims things turned ugly. "He said, 'Get naked.' He said that to both of us, and I said 'No,' and that’s how the whole thing started," said Garrison. The man and police have a different story. The businessman told investigators the 14-year old grabbed $350 from him and ran for the door. When he tried to stop her, she allegedly claimed she would "cry rape." But Garrison said the man really did try to assault them. "We’re getting ready to leave. He grabbed my daughter by the arm, and he tried to pull her back into the room. My daughter screamed in the hallway," she said. Garrison and her daughter were arrested for misdemeanor theft. Sheboygan police say the two changed their story, first saying they never went to the hotel and then admitting they did. Police also say the two admitted to taking the money, though Garrison later said that was a gift from the businessman. Garrison didn't report the attempted assault to police, she said, because the officer questioning her was rude to her. George asked her why she brought her 14-year-old daughter to a stranger's hotel room after midnight. "We weren’t going to go in the room, and he was like 'It’s OK, it’s OK, see, I gave you money, I'm a decent guy, I’m not going to hurt you,'" she recalled. Garrison said it was a mistake to bring her daughter to the bar, but she said the man at the bar is the real criminal. Sheboygan police said Wednesday that they investigated the sexual assault and found no evidence of a crime. The businessman is not being investigated.