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ashling

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Wed Mar 20, 2013, 06:51 PM Mar 2013

OMG -- 13-year-old called ‘whore’ after Connecticut football players charged with sexual assault

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/20/13-year-old-called-whore-after-connecticut-football-players-charged-with-sexual-assault/


The 13-year-old victim of an alleged sexual assault has been called a “whore” and bullied by athletes and students after two Connecticut football players were charged for the crime.

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School officials told the paper that the incident was not an indication of deeper problems within the school’s culture.

“If you look at crime statistics these things happen everywhere and we’re not any different than any other community,” Torrington High School Athletic Director Mike McKenna said.


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the coach get's the team ready for games with a pep talk: "Let's go out their and do our best to not play as good as we can -just try to be as bad as the other team"

and they're building ... what ... exactly?



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