NBC News reports:
He was accused of raping [a 15-year-old freshman] girl in May 2014 at their boarding academy, the prestigious St. Paul's School in Concord. Prosecutors said he did it as part of a ritual called the "Senior Salute," in which graduating seniors try to have sex with underclassmen.
Though acquitted of the felony sexual assault charges...
He was convicted on three counts of misdemeanor sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and a felony count of using a computer to seduce a minor under 16, which requires him to register as a sex offender.
Labrie and the unnamed young woman both wept at the verdict.
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This case was properly tried in a court of law. All the "facts" were revealed and a verdict was reached. All accusations of sexual assault at schools and colleges should be handled this way. I suspect then that the torrent of sexual assault charges would become a trickle, and we would begin to look at the "problem" rationally.
I become more and more against the sex offender registry.
A teenager emailing another teenager to try to hook up should not have to register for the rest of his life as a sexual danger to society.
There was semen in her underwear. What no condom???
The tide is turning.
His semen was not in her underwear.
The NBC report is wrong.
Forensic specialists testified Tuesday that the girl’s underpants tested positive for semen, but that it could not be determined that it was Labrie’s. His DNA, however, was found on the clothing, they said.
Still no condom???
Labrie testified that he stood up and put on a condom but then thought better of having intercourse with a 15 year old freshman girl and went running out of the building with the condom still in place.
It's very sad for the two young people involved and their families. For the rest of us, we probably wouldn't have heard of this case if it hadn't happened at a "prestigous" school.
Perhaps the school might want to revisit the wisdom of boarding high-school aged boys and girls together on the same campus, or at the very least how it handles the situation, as it seems the administration was aware of the ritual and what it involved well before this incident.
The article leaves out one important detail, namely, according to the defense the girl helped the boy take her clothes off. Apparently, in that version, she was an active participant and willing to go beyond mere kissing and innocent petting.
"The article leaves out one important detail, namely, according to the defense the girl helped the boy take her clothes off."
She probably felt coerced.
What part of no is no? Once no is said. It's over.
Geesh I'm married, and if I said "argh, I just really can't tonight" even if we were just fooling around completely naked... No is no.
She's 15. He's 18. From the Facebook messages it was clear that he had every intentions to score, at all costs considering he will be gone in two days.
"She _probably_ felt coerced"
That assumes something not in evidence. She MAY have felt coerced, but then maybe it was her way of giving the boy consent. He said; she said. We weren't there. It may have been rape or maybe it was regret.
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