This is more than a little disturbing. This guy, Royal Mayo, a former President of the Steubenville NAACP has given an interview to International Business Times placing the blame for the rape case on the 16-year-old victim.
"Mayo, who said he knows Richmond personally, tells a sordid tale about Steubenville and its racial dynamic and history of corruption. For him, the story does not end with the conviction of two teens for sexual assault. Yet some of his claims clash with the official account of the case."
I happen to think he is way off base with his claims and allegations, but having followed the case fairly closely from the beginning, but not immersing myself into the trial, I am wondering where in the world did his claim in the next paragraph came from? Does anyone know?
"In a phone interview with the International Business Times, Mayo described the 16-year-old girl as the alleged victim and said she might have been having consensual sex.
She said her mother brought her to the party, at 3 o'clock, with a bottle of vodka,Mayo said. Where did you get it, young lady? You brought it from home? Whered you get it? You came to the party with your mother."
Huh? Does anyone know? Was anything like that testified to in the trial?
The IBTimes article