Owen Labrie Sentenced to Year in Jail For Prep School Sexual Assault

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Owen Labrie Sentenced to Year in Jail For Prep School Sexual Assault

By MEGHAN KENEALLY Oct 29, 2015, 4:19 PM ET

The former prep school student convicted of sexually assaulting an underage fellow student has been sentenced to a year in jail plus probation.

Owen Labrie, who is now 20, was an 18-year-old senior at St. Paul's School in Concord when he had the sexual encounter with a 15-year-old friend, prosecutors said. He was found guilty in August of a felony charge of using a computer to lure an underage girl into a sexual encounter, as well as three misdemeanor sexual assault charges and one misdemeanor charge of child endangerment.

The victim of a sexual assault at her New Hampshire prep school spoke out against the former fellow student convicted for the assault during his sentencing hearing today.

The victim, whose name is being withheld due to her age and the nature of the crime, was not in court today and gave her statement via a recorded video, describing how her life back at school has been marred by unwanted attention from boys on campus. She noted that she has regular panic attacks and "vivid flashbacks."

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[mythology]

1. Misdemeanor sexual assault should be an oxymoron

At least this guy will get some time in jail.

[gratuitous]

2. They had a report on the Toady Show

Apparently, young Labrie's attorneys submitted a huge stack of testimonials from his family and friends about what a swell young man Labrie is, how he would never, ever have done what he was convicted of doing, and that he's really suffered quite enough.

In a way I thought it was touching to see a young man's supporters rally around him like that, and I suppose it may have influenced the judge come sentencing time. Then I got to thinking about young men and women who don't have Labrie's resources and advantages, particularly those who had the bad luck to get caught up in the Kids-for-Cash scandal in Pennsylvania and have their lives judicially ruined by Mark Ciavarella.

I confess I'm having difficulty summoning up much sympathy for Labrie.

[Tipperary]

3. I would wager he will not do half

of that.