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Pretty much every site that mirrors the wretched video (local leaks included) is accompanied by the caption, "N describes his own participation in the sexual assault of 16 yo girl..." Then you read many of the comments where people say, "I couldn't watch more than a minute of it, it was so disgusting..." so the presumption is out there that he did as the caption described.
As I said earlier, I have stopped visiting the localleaks site, but someone linked it on twitter or somewhere tonight, and the first sentence still appears to say the boys were arrested on 8/28. Initially, they said the charges were filed on 8/11. Charges were filed on 8/22. How sloppy do you have to be to have a error in the first sentence of your blog that supposedly seeks to expose the truth? In regards to the RRR guy, if there was anything in those files worth pursuing for child
the cops would have swarmed in on it, IMHO. Seems to be a common practice for anon groups to throw the "alleged" pedo/ child
card to discredit someone. They have also claimed a SPD or Jeffco deputy "allegedly" supplied steroids to athletes, also unfounded. The SPOT Bar has long been a popular place in town, and with the economy, it's hard for anyone to stay in business. Is there some gambling going on there? Probably, same as any other similar establishment where people discuss sports. There are HS football games on the board in Vegas, why would we think people are not betting on them in their hometowns? Not a haven of crime protected by the good sheriff.
Someone asked if I felt the investigation had been fair to this point. Thinking about all of the sex crime cases I've followed in depth here at websleuths & otherwise: a victim with no memory, no DNA, I think the rape kit was inconclusive or negative, some uncooperative witnesses, eight days to arrest two suspects seems pretty legit. Two witnesses offered deals for testimony, and the one, as yet, unnamed person charged with unlawful images. And they have two to six years to bring further charges. As to whether the DA recused herself in a timely manner, IDK. She did it a few days after the boys were charged. There is a lot of serious crime in Steubenville, had she been busy on other cases or whatever to get the full rundown on the situation? Just a thought.
Those two boys weren't stars yet, either. The QB was on 4th string in 2011, I think R may have been at another school. It was anticipated they would do well, but they were typical 10th graders, just getting their shot. And weren't they arrested at football practice? The week of a highly anticipated scrimmage? If you're covering for the almighty program wouldn't you avoid making a spectacle by hauling two boys off Reno Field in handcuffs?
I am appalled & sorry for this girl and her family, and would like to see justice for what was done to her. I shudder to think of her having to face the swarm that will be waiting for her at the trial. I have no issue with staging peaceful protests if you feel the investigation was handled improperly. But I cannot support hacking people's privacy & the awful intimidation tactics being used on people with the least periphery connection to the kids with "alleged" involvement. Who decides where to draw the line & when?
Sorry for the length.
