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Lawyer for accused Ohio rapist blames online group for notoriety
Source: Reuters
Lawyer for accused Ohio rapist blames online group for notoriety
By Drew Singer
PITTSBURGH | Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:15pm EST
(Reuters) - An Ohio football player seeking to have his rape trial moved and closed to the public is blaming notoriety fueled by an online activist group, according to documents obtained on Wednesday by Reuters.
Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, is one of two members of a Steubenville, Ohio, high school football team charged with raping a classmate at a party attended by many teammates last August.
His attorney, Walter Madison, filed motions this week arguing that closing the trial to the public would be the only way to protect witnesses from exposure by Anonymous, an online activist hacking organization.
Through an active presence on social media as well as at rallies in Steubenville, Anonymous and its supporters have accused authorities of failing to charge players who might have been involved in order to protect the school's football program.
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By Drew Singer
PITTSBURGH | Wed Jan 16, 2013 5:15pm EST
(Reuters) - An Ohio football player seeking to have his rape trial moved and closed to the public is blaming notoriety fueled by an online activist group, according to documents obtained on Wednesday by Reuters.
Ma'Lik Richmond, 16, is one of two members of a Steubenville, Ohio, high school football team charged with raping a classmate at a party attended by many teammates last August.
His attorney, Walter Madison, filed motions this week arguing that closing the trial to the public would be the only way to protect witnesses from exposure by Anonymous, an online activist hacking organization.
Through an active presence on social media as well as at rallies in Steubenville, Anonymous and its supporters have accused authorities of failing to charge players who might have been involved in order to protect the school's football program.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-usa-crime-ohio-idUSBRE90F1K320130116
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