Steubenville Big Red Football Players Stand Trial On Sex Charges

[Purveyor]

In Steubenville, Ohio, two teen football players accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl stand trial next week in a story that has captivated a nation.

By: Bill Schiller Published on Sat Mar 09 2013

Bill McCaffertyabove, Steubenville’s police chief, who denies there was no coverup

STEUBENVILLE, OHIO—It was 1:38 in the morning on Aug. 14 when they came through the doors of the police station in this struggling, one-time steel town on the Ohio River.
They had driven 15 minutes through the dark from their home in nearby West Virginia — parents of an “all-American family,” in the words of their lawyer: hard working, middle class, with strong religious faith and two beautiful children.

But they were sick with worry and grief.

The tale they told explained why.

On the night of Aug. 11 and into the morning of Aug. 12, while attending a series of parties in town, their 16-year-old daughter had been sexually assaulted, raped and possibly urinated on, they said.

The culprits, they claimed, were members of Steubenville High’s “Big Red” football team — local celebrities in this town of 18,500, where high-school football is played in a 10,000-seat stadium and broadcast on TV.

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http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2013/03/09/steubenville_big_red_football_players_stand_trial_on_sex_charges.html

[OKNancy]

1. well-written recap of the whole sordid event

worth clicking the link

[kairos12]

2. Thanks for the update

I was wondering what was going on with this case.

[gollygee]

3. One of the better articles about it.

It still makes me angry and sad, every time I read about it.

[siligut]

4. Story that captivated a nation?

Misinformation and disinformation is all over this story and as far as captivating a nation, just do a Google search there is no captivating.

If Anonymous hadn't become involved there would be nothing, but because of their work, the A-holes have had to create confusion to at least blur the issue.

http://stranahaninexile.wordpress.com/page/2/

FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Podcast: Steubenville & Fighting Back
Lee talks about the recent interview Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine gave about the Steubenville rape case, the difference between the good guys and the bad guys in the story and two ways to fight back.



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FEBRUARY 13, 2013
Podcast: Bullying & Steubenville Part 2
Lee talks about how Steubenville residents are bullied on Twitter by so-called Anonymous members who want to attack opinions and people they don’t agree with.

If you dare follow the link, be prepared for a mind-fucking.

[bettyellen]

7. What an idiot in that podcast! Wow.

People can convince themselves of anything if they try hard enough.

[siligut]

8. You went into the abyss?

And came out disgusted but otherwise unscathed?

Good you didn't stay too long. Warn the others.

[redqueen]

10. +1000000000000000 ... and only two were charged

Yeah, that seems right.

[siligut]

13. More than if Anonymous hadn't become involved

But it sure does show criminal inequality and the incredible defenses the perpetrators have created for themselves. The hubris and entitlement is seriously nauseating.

[Botany]

16. Others are going to be charged in this case too (90% + chance)

The Ohio A.G. is working on that right now.

[riqster]

23. DeWine wants headlines and PR for his next campaign.

So, hellz yeah, there will be more charges.

[Botany]

30. I am no fan of DeWine but he has been pretty good as A.G..

He has stopped a lot of human trafficking.

[riqster]

31. Agreed.

I was just pointing out why he'd be motivated to break through the cover-up.

[Quantess]

25. That would be justice!

[alp227]

21. If you want an idea how sick our nation is

follow my thread from january putting the Steubenville gang rape on the context of a culture that finds a joke like "wouldn't it be funny if that girl were raped by like five guys" by Daniel Tosh FUNNY. A culture of Internet Tough Guys who TRIVIALIZE rape (http://jezebel.com/5924437/is-it-wrong-to-call-this-20+year+old-who-punched-a-street-harasser-a-hero). Your neighbor's teenage son very likely carries this PATHOLOGY.

[Unknown Beatle]

26. I clicked on the link.

What the hell was that?

[siligut]

28. A dizzying array of obfuscation?

Your emoticon is apt, I feel it just thinking about going back to that site.

[antigop]

5. “Nobody wants to look at the female’s role, the culpability in any of this, to make sure without a

a doubt that a rape did occur.”

SHE. PASSED. OUT.

Geez....

Sounds like the old, "She was asking for it."

[redqueen]

9. What?! That never happens!

Or hardly ever!

Everyone knows most people don't blame the victim!




One wonders how people remain so clueless... I guess by ignoring a hell of a lot that goes on.

This case only got such notice because Anonymous got involved.

I wonder how many people are aware of the girl who was gang raped at her special needs school (in class, with the teacher present), where the school's administrators tried to avoid police involvement, and the police decided not to file any charges.

[freshwest]

11. +1

[Starry Messenger]

12. I wonder what his DU screename is...

[L0oniX]

14. A future GOP politician in training. n/t

[Prism]

20. In a just society

That one would've been run out of town.

[antigop]

22. a "regional talk show host". Unbelievable. nt

[Quantess]

27. Yeah, she was passed out cold

after being given a date rape drug.

[idwiyo]

6. K&R

[robbob]

15. The story seems to miss a few key points

Wasn't the victim recently broken up with another member of the football team, who had threatened to "ruin her life"? Weren't there two co-conspirators, a boy and girl, who conspired to lure her to this party and drug her drink on the way there, so that she was NOT as the article maintains "soon drunk", but was in fact drugged against her will?

Also, there were stories circulating about the police deleting incriminating evidence off the seized cell phones? What about prosecutor Jane Hanlin advising the girl to just forget about it; not worth the trouble it was going to cause?

And I'd like to know more about this so-called team "booster" who's web site allegedly contained pictures of underage school girls in various states of undress that appeared to be taken, probably without the subjects knowledge, in locker rooms and bathrooms where the subject was changing.

These are all "alleged" details, maybe it will all come out at the trial, but the most egregious twisting of the details is to claim that "the girl was drunk", when in fact she was completely passed out and possibly drugged at the time. "Drunk" seems like a cheap way to suggest that she was conscious and also probably the victim of her own bad decisions ("asking for it", iow)

The whole thing makes me sick.

[siligut]

17. Steubenville seems to be a microcosm of male entitlement

It would be great if a cultural anthropologist could get an inside look, do an analysis and publish.

[beveeheart]

18. I also wondered why some of the details you mentioned

hadn't been included in that article.

[robbob]

29. There was a much earlier thread

It linked to a web site action alert detailing breaking news about the event, etc. Hand in hand with the Anonymous work it is probably the only reason this story has any "legs".

Anyways, that's where I read many of these details. They were called "localleaks" or something like that. Did a search; lots of articles that mention "local leaks" but the actual site seems to have shut down.

So it's "alleged". Just because I read it on the internet doesn't mean it's true...

Here's one news story that references "local-leaks"

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/01/local-leaks-tipsters-allege-steubenville-victim-was-drugged/60597/

[riderinthestorm]

19. +1. Obvious omissions if one's been following the story. Relevant information not included. Odd. nt

[knitter4democracy]

24. Including other victims coming forward.

Odd to leave that out.