Nothing should PROVOKE a rape. Their relationship should have nothing to do with this. I don't care if the girl was sitting on his lap. She said "NO" and yelled for HELP. If it didn't end in rape then what would be a better scenario?
Kahskye isn't saying the victim provoked the rape, of course we all agree that nothing this young girl did or did not do would give the rapist ANY excuse at all.
She is saying "what made that young man decide to rape that day?"
I know this guy personally through my kids school. He himself is the biggest flirt with younger girls and has a horrible reputation. To be honest I was shocked to see he is now a bus driver.
Masissy, that is the scariest thing I've heard so far. Do you think there is any chance he heard her cries for help and chose to ignore them? Maybe he enjoyed the incident?
How does someone with a horrible reputation get to drive children around? Our school districts need to sit up and smell the coffee: too many teachers and employees are molesting/raping/harming the ones who've been put in their charge. It should be a federal law that all school employees submit to extensive background checks, and their fingerprints should be collected. Our kids deserve better than this nation is giving them.
Thank you! I'm glad someone understood me. We all agree this was totally unacceptable and should not have gone unnoticed on a bus. I'd just like to know more about this 18 yr old. Does he have a history of molesting/fondling girls which has led up to this?
You're welcome, sweetie! I thought it was so clear.
There is a little more info. in the Daily News Journal (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) Also at the bottom of the article there are comments from the locals.
Evans, who called the recording "shocking," said the video shows the victim getting on the bus bound for the St. Andrews Drive area and sitting in about the seventh row near the aisle.
"A few moments later, you see Mr. Stover approach the victim and forcibly push her over to the window, trapping her inside the seat," Evans said. "While the bus was still parked, Mr. Stover begins to sexually assault her, rubbing his hands across her body and in private areas.
Thank you, Jbean! This article says the attack began almost immediately after the young girl took her seat......He was PLANNING this attack.
And, sorry Mr. Bus Driver, but if she was only 7 seats back, it's difficult to believe you heard and noticed nothing. Plus, if I read correctly, the bus was still parked on the side of the road.
omgosh!
:silenced: I am brought to tears.
Me, too. Poor little thing, begging for help and no one even TRIES. That is the saddest aspect: no one even tried to help her.