High school football players accused of rape: Lawyers slam Anonymous release of video, photo

By Reuters

Two Ohio high-school football players accused of raping a teenage girl may not get a fair trial after a photo and video allegedly associated with the case were posted on the Internet by the computer hacking group Anonymous, a lawyer for one of the accused said on Friday.


The players, both 16 and members of the Steubenville High School football team, are charged with raping a 16-year-old fellow student last August, according to statements from their attorneys to local and national media.

Their juvenile court trial is scheduled for February in Steubenville, a city of 19,000 about 40 miles west of Pittsburgh.

The case shot to national prominence this week when Anonymous activists made public a picture allegedly of the rape victim, being carried by her wrists and ankles by two young men, and of a video that showed several other young men joking about an alleged assault.

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Walter Madison, the lawyer for one of the defendants said on CNN that his client was one of the young men in the photograph, but does not appear in the video.

But the picture "is out of context," Madison said. "That young lady is not unconscious," as has been widely reported.

"A right to a fair trial for these young men has been hijacked," Madison said, adding that social media episodes such as this have become a major threat to a criminal defendant's right to a fair trial.

"It's very, very serious and fairness is essential to getting the right decision here," he said.

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Adam Nemann, an attorney for the other defendant, could not immediately be reached for comment on Friday. In an interview on Thursday with Columbus, Ohio, broadcaster WBNS-10TV, Nemann raised concerns about the effect the Anonymous postings could have on potential witnesses in the case.

"This media has become so astronomically ingrained on the Internet and within that society, I am concerned witnesses might not want to come forward at this point. I would be surprised now, if there weren't witnesses now who might want to start taking the Fifth Amendment," Nemann told the station.

The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution offers protection against self-incrimination in criminal proceedings.

The case has also been a challenge for local officials because of conflicts of interest. Both the local prosecutor and police have close ties to the school that the defendants attend.

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As a result, the case is being investigated and prosecuted by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine's office.

Interviewed on CNN on Friday, DeWine said it was not unusual for his office to prosecute or investigate cases in small towns where close ties within the community caused conflicts of interest to arise.

He also voiced concern about how social media may affect the case.

"This case needs to be tried not in the media, not in social media," DeWine said.

He said Anonymous' attempt to shame the alleged attackers had actually harmed the victim.

Not only is the victim hurt by the initial crime, but "every time something goes up on the Internet, the victim is victimized again," DeWine said.

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Comment author avatarChris-4288055

The internet is the gift that keeps on giving.

God bless you, Al Gore. Thank you.

  • 1 vote
Reply#27 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:10 PM EST
Comment author avatarCybercraig

You parents really need to leash up the kids. We had a 16 year old girl knock on the door and then just walk into the house so drunk she could hardly stand up and bawling her eyes out. I figured out that she had been at a single-guy party house up the street drinking all night. We let her spend the night and had her parents pick her up the next morning. A gorilla could have raped her that night and she would have never known it.

  • 3 votes
Reply#28 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:11 PM EST
Comment author avatarjdp in pdx

It was incredibly nice of you take in a drunk ass 16 year old. Leashing up kids won't do anything though. They're sneaky lil @!$%#s that will find a way to weasel out of anything. I know I was at 16 anyway.

    #28.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:41 PM EST
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    Comment author avatarpeter-2718245

    If these dirt bag lawyers want to ban the truth because it interferes with their jobs as liars then have them tell the filthy monsters that they are hired to defend to stop filming themselves when they rape young girls.

    • 6 votes
    Reply#29 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:12 PM EST
    Comment author avatarcr421

    cut off their nads

    • 6 votes
    Reply#30 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:12 PM EST
    Comment author avatarjdp in pdx

    And serve them to the little bastards with some fava beans and a nice chianti... Before sticking them in the cell with Bubba and his band of merry men.

    • 2 votes
    #30.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:45 PM EST
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    Comment author avatarpeter-2718245

    I understand that in this country even the filthy raping child molesting punks have a right to a lawyer but you would think that these lawyers would not defend them with such gusto, bunch of sick filthy animals.

    • 8 votes
    Reply#31 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:15 PM EST
    Comment author avatargrey32

    Well was it a legitmate rape. I feel for any woman or man or kid who gets raped there just is no justice. We live in a society where violence, greed, lying, cheating and drama rule.

    Good luck young lady. Get ready to be decimated by the football "gods". Why does any guy in America have to rape to get a little. It's all about these animals doing what ever they want because they are jocks and they know they can.

    Take them out in the back lot and let a few bikers have them for an hour or 2 and then call it even.

    Justice in the court, ain't gonnna happen in America..

    • 2 votes
    Reply#32 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:16 PM EST
    Comment author avatarMindieKnows

    It isn't about "getting a little" as you say. It's about taking it. They get off knowing they can do whatever to whatever girl they want and get away with it. They are disgusting.

    • 3 votes
    #32.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:46 PM EST
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    Comment author avatarrcrumjr

    Let's see how funny they think rape is when they get to prison! I give them about 15 minutes.......

    • 6 votes
    Reply#33 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:17 PM EST
    Comment author avatarDen O'synn

    Unfortunately, I don't think most states keep sex offenders in the general population anymore. We have to hope a guard looks the other way, in the right place, at the right time.

    • 1 vote
    #33.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:30 PM EST
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    Comment author avatarpeter-2718245

    Every rapist needs a swift death, they never contribute anything to society, all they do is damage the innocent. If it were up to me I would see every rapist tortured until they begged for their own death, they deserve nothing!

    • 5 votes
    Reply#34 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:17 PM EST
    Comment author avatarjdp in pdx

    No, not swift. Long, drawn out and painful.

    • 1 vote
    #34.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:46 PM EST
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    Comment author avatarwww.debatethecase.com

    Booze, Boy's and Video Tape. They screwed themselves on this one.

    He also voiced concern about how social media may affect the case. Really ???

    This case needs to be tried not in the media, not in social media," DeWine said Too Late...

    • 5 votes
    Reply#35 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:18 PM EST
    Comment author avatarMessa Dave

    Happened in August and they are just getting around to a trial? Maybe a speedy trial would eliminate the need to involve social media.

    • 7 votes
    Reply#36 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:21 PM EST
    Comment author avatarJoeOvercoat

    Excellent work Anonymous: keep up this angle, of making more public the videos that the criminals made of their own acts. With that town circling the wagons, that might be the best tactic for bringing the truth out about a lot of people in that town, and not just the kids (they learned it somewhere).

    • 7 votes
    Reply#37 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:21 PM EST
    Comment author avatarRodd Star

    Yeah Joe, wouldn't it be great? Your daughter is raped by pigs, then after it all sinks in you can watch it played on the web, her friends at school can download it, the whole demeaning horrible act shown to the world. And then you could watch people make comments about the video, her, your role in it, etc. etc. Think man, Good Lord.

    • 1 vote
    #37.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:40 PM EST
    Comment author avatarLaDolceVita1

    Rodd Star ... better than the alternative. Your daughter is raped by jocks of the local god-like football team, some of whom are connected to high-profile people in town. The case is forgotten, evidence is held back, the rapists get off scott free. The victim is blamed because she asked for it. The rapists get football scholarships for college, while the victim is scarred for life.

    • 10 votes
    #37.2 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:42 PM EST
    Comment author avatarHot-in-Miami

    LaDolceVita1 - And that's assuming she avoids being called a whore or ends up pregnant and having to drop out of school, while the football players get to continue their lives, abusing more women.

    • 5 votes
    #37.3 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:48 PM EST
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    Comment author avatarNewTampaResident

    The two rapist needed to be outed and glad the Feds are on the case so the locals can't cover up for the football players.

    • 6 votes
    Reply#38 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:23 PM EST
    Comment author avatarbig dave-1421060

    Sounds to me like Walter Madison is worried that his client IS going to get a fair trial instead of whatever Madison had planned.

    • 2 votes
    Reply#39 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:26 PM EST
    Comment author avatarAdam of Portland

    How awful that these two boys were raised in such a way that they ever thought they had the right to do this. How stupid that they recorded it and talked of it. How shameful that they were proud of it.

    • 4 votes
    Reply#40 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:27 PM EST
    Comment author avatarjerseyshoremarie

    This is the mentality of hero-worshipping sports players...Some of them are dumb as all hell but breeze through college on football scholarships, then go on to make millions. The fact that someone as dispicable as Michael Vick is still worshipped and making millions makes me sick. If the boys who had done this were the nerdy type who were members of the chess club, no one would be trying to protect them so much. These kids already think that they are special and can get away with things because schools and kids just love the sports guys. They are going to learn that they are no better than anyone else, that there are consequences for engaging in sexual criminal acts, and their fall from grace will be evident when they end up in juvie where the real big and bad are.

    • 1 vote
    #40.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 8:52 PM EST
    Comment author avatarAnonymous from IN

    Oops, meant to reply to the next post.

      #40.2 - Wed Jan 9, 2013 6:22 PM EST
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      Comment author avatarpaul 388

      Everyone needs to back off! We are way out of line here. 1. There is no proof on any of these videos of a rape. A bunch of over testosteroned juveniles bragging about something they were not even involved in. They connot even testify in court unless they actually saw the rape and was right there. Then they will have to answer questions about why they did not stop the rapes. 2. Two days after the alleged rapes, the girl was tested at the hospital and there was NO evidence of rape, no abrasions, no seman, no nothing. 3. Has nothing to do with football, two dumbass juveniles gone wild. Maybe not rape but a whole lot of other charges with way less impact. By the way, the girl did not attend Big Red, she attended high school in Weirton, W. Va. She was partying in Steubenville. No, she did not ask for the treatment she received but she did, in fact, put herself in this position. Where were her parent's or any of the involved individual's parent's the night of the party? Are they not responsible for the whereabouts and behavior of their 16 year olds? There is enough blame and midemeanor actions on every person involved in any way here. There has to be evidence that a felony has been committed for felony to be upheld in court. Let's back off and let the legal system deal with this incident. I live in Byesville, Ohio.

        Reply#41 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:27 PM EST
        Comment author avatarSandy-2021492

        So, if the boys ARE convicted, do we get to hold THEIR parents accountable, too? Blame the victime, blame the parents, blame everybody but the little @!$%#s who did this. And what the hell does it matter which high school she attended?

        • 5 votes
        #41.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:09 PM EST
        Comment author avatarNever2Late-2007526

        paul: i feel sorry for you! you are a sick person with no compassion for this young girl. shame on you!!!!

        • 1 vote
        #41.2 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 8:38 PM EST
        Comment author avatarAnonymous from IN

        There is evidence of a video of some of the actual rape was made. One of the witnesses (who probably is cooperating for immunity as he and his girlfriend allegedly helped arrange the entire ordeal) has gone on the record stating that he filmed her being sodomized and then deleted the video when his friends got arrested (about the time his coach allegedly instructed all of his players to destroy any digital evidence). Hopefully the video can be recovered now that the Feds are getting involved so that the victim can get real justice.

        • 1 vote
        #41.3 - Wed Jan 9, 2013 6:23 PM EST
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        Comment author avatarCalifornia Dreaming 2012

        I got raped too... By OBAMA... and the DEMORATS

        • 4 votes
        Reply#42 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:28 PM EST
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        • 1 vote
        #42.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:32 PM EST
        Comment author avatarNCGrammy

        who didn't see that simple a$$ remark coming?

        • 4 votes
        #42.2 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:34 PM EST
        Comment author avatarwondering-2114476

        chris are you choking on a dick?

        • 3 votes
        #42.3 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:36 PM EST
        Comment author avatarChris-4288055

        Maybe. Why, interested?

          #42.4 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:46 PM EST
          Comment author avatarEddie in Seattle

          And it was good to you too, wasn't it you asinine POS. We are talking about a young lady who may be traumatized for a long time and you want to make political jokes. what an @!$%#.

          • 2 votes
          #42.5 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 6:06 PM EST
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          I see that a bevy of "Harvard Law School Graduates" are posting here and have already had the trial and now want to castrate the alleged perps. I am supposing that the majority of you graduated from public schools where simple things like the presumption of innocence are no longer taught. The poster in #38 is a prime example of our public school system at its best. I am embarassed for all of you!

            Reply#43 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:30 PM EST
            Comment author avatarwondering-2114476

            harvard law graduates dont sit on a jury oh smart one.

            • 2 votes
            #43.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:43 PM EST
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            Comment author avatarSmartmom123

            Too bad there is not always pics or other straight out evidence to put these creeps away for along time. ...Fair trial because someone took pics or video..boo hoo now you goose is cooked thankfully. they probably thought a trphy of the action taken would be cool. no it will lock them where they belong. But I hope whoever took the pics if they were in on it get time too for thinking it was cool to rape a girl instead of running to get the police. They are just as guilty as far as I am concerned. If they did nothing to stop it then let them cool thier heels in jail and beforever marked a sex offender like the rest of them.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#44 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:31 PM EST
            Comment author avatarCindy-956871

            Best solution for juvenile rapist is to castrate them their violence and disregard for women does not need to be carried on to another generation.

            • 3 votes
            Reply#45 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:32 PM EST
            Comment author avatarDave-309982

            Cindy-956871

            You should make an appointment on Monday to deal with your hate issues. Castration is not in the list of punishments allowed by law just as removal of ovaries is also not allowed.

              #45.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:37 PM EST
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              Comment author avatarwondering-2114476

              what do these boys mothers have to say about this action by thier little darlings. I think the girls in the area should plan an outing, tie these boys up in the woods and castrate them, or at least cut thier penises off, and girls dont be stupid like the boys and video tape it. American culture. See that India we are no different.

              • 2 votes
              Reply#46 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:34 PM EST
              Comment author avatarNailer45

              Ibet the mothers are so proud of the boys raping a young lady that the mothers bought the boys each a new BMW or porsche . ( sarcasm ).

              Just toss the two boys in the AIDS infected section of the prison and let them get lethal injection from all the prisoners. Justice will find a way.

              • 1 vote
              #46.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 5:00 PM EST
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              Comment author avatarRodd Star

              As to the crime unlike all the genius posters here my comment is general, rape is a brutal act and deserves swift justice, and stern sentences. But the people who hacked the data and put the attack on the web deserve prosecution as well, no less swift, and with punishments as severe as the law will allow. If you post a pornographic picture of a child on the web the act is one of sexual assault, the posting of this act by persons on the web is akin to rape on many levels. Ask yourself if after enduring such an event you had to then watch along with the world as it is replayed again and again. Honestly I think they deserve the same sentence the rapists face, they have chosen to make themselves accesories to the brutal crime.

                Reply#47 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:34 PM EST
                Comment author avatarwondering-2114476

                It was hacked and posted because the sheriff and DA were going to let it slide, part of the good old boys club. Old football players. Jocks stick together, even old jocks. Now they HAVE to do something, I wonder what kind of sentence the DA will want for his son?

                • 8 votes
                #47.1 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:40 PM EST
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                Comment author avatarRR-Brandon, FL

                That's both the blessing and curse of the internet shows us the good, bad & the ugly....fair trial? I would think if they didn't rape her and said the sex was consentual (as I'm sure they will) then the tape can only help them, right?????

                Consentual sex, humpf...

                • 4 votes
                Reply#48 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:34 PM EST
                Comment author avatarLaDolceVita1

                First off, it appears more than two 'dumbass juveniles' are involved. Secondly, the video clearly shows a female being dragged by a couple of guys by her ankles and wrists. It does not appear that the female is actively participating.

                Thirdly, you say that the girl placed herself in that position. Really? So a female who goes to a party is placing herself in the position of possibly being drugged, unconscious, raped, sodomized and urinated against? You ask where her parents were. I ask where the parents of these jocks were. The same place my parents were when I partied as a teen - nowhere.

                The problems in this case are multiple. First, the cult of football. Secondly, there are ties among several parties with an interest in keeping this case on the down-low. They include prominent figures, law enforcement, lawyers, judges, school administrators, etc.

                I don't know about Ohio, but if I say no to sex and/or I am incapacitated to consent, any man or woman who touches me near or around my genitalia and breasts (since rape does not exclude other types of sexual contact) or forces any genitalia in my mouth or orifices without my expressed consent is a rapist.

                • 9 votes
                Reply#49 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:36 PM EST
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                Comment author avatarLauri B0

                Jury pool tainted my A$$. Not everybody watches internet video, and not everybody pays attention to online. There are thousands of people who will and have never heard this. But, just enough of us to show the sherriff that this will not be ignored.

                Time for jail boys, deputies, prosecutors and whomever else is ducking justice. Someone needs to help.

                • 6 votes
                Reply#50 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:38 PM EST
                Comment author avatartlisa314021

                Any loophole to let criminals off! It's a shame that's what this country stands for.

                • 3 votes
                Reply#51 - Fri Jan 4, 2013 4:40 PM EST
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