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jsr

(7,712 posts)
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:34 PM Apr 2013

3 teens charged with assault; girl killed herself

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/3-teens-charged-assault-girl-killed-herself

3 teens charged with assault; girl killed herself
By MARTHA MENDOZA — Apr. 11 9:26 PM EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California sheriff's office on Thursday arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered 15-year-old Audrey Pott, who hanged herself eight days after the attack last fall.

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Lt. Jose Cardoza said it arrested two of the teens at Saratoga High School and the third at Christopher High School in Gilroy.

The victim's family attorney Robert Allard said students shared photos of the attack on cellphones. Pott posted on Facebook that her life was "ruined" and that she was going through her "worst day ever" shortly before she commit suicide, Allard said.

"The family has been trying to understand why their loving daughter would have taken her life at such a young age and to make sure that those responsible would be held accountable," Allard said.
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3 teens charged with assault; girl killed herself (Original Post) jsr Apr 2013 OP
Damn, this is becoming an epidemic. n/t Laurian Apr 2013 #1
Becoming an epidemic or just being reported. Downwinder Apr 2013 #4
Much more likely... Pointy_n_sharp Apr 2013 #5
You're probably right. When I was in college, Laurian Apr 2013 #7
Nope. Just being reported. nt riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #6
This makes me sick to my stomach. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #2
The cultural taliban put young people in a paternalistic social trap. Mika Apr 2013 #3
Will MSNBC's Candice Crowley grieve over these boys, too? freshwest Apr 2013 #8

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
7. You're probably right. When I was in college,
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 10:37 PM
Apr 2013

a social work professor called me naive because I thought incest was a rare occurrence. It's 40 years later and I still find myself in disbelief about what people are capable of doing to others.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
2. This makes me sick to my stomach.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:53 PM
Apr 2013

When will this stop? When will the perpetrates be prosecuted? Is there no justice in the world?

 

Mika

(17,751 posts)
3. The cultural taliban put young people in a paternalistic social trap.
Thu Apr 11, 2013, 09:59 PM
Apr 2013

This is simply horrifying. My goodness.

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