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A hacking attack by self-proclaimed members of Anonymous has uncovered highly disturbing data relating to a rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, that has garnered national attention. In August a 16-year-old girl was allegedly assaulted at a series of parties in the Ohio town. Numerous pictures, tweets, and videos were broadcast of …

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      1. John R. Macdonald

        Re: They only kidnapped, drugged and raped her...

        Didn't a rapist walk free recently in California because of a quirk in Californian law? I can't remember all the details but it had something to do with the fact that the victim was not married.

        1. Lamont Cranston

          Re: They only kidnapped, drugged and raped her...

          @John R.

          Sad but true - it's not rape if you pretend to be her boyfriend, apparently. As I heard it, she was asleep with her boyfriend, the boyfriend left, another male entered and she awoke to him raping her, which is charming. I would source this, but I'm not googling "rape" when I'm at work.

  1. JaitcH

    Read the Local Leaks web site, it's enough to sicken any parent

    Whilst Anonymous might be a little over the hill, usually, this time they did right.

    If you want a balanced, well written account of what happened, check out: < http://localleaks.blogs.ru/2013/01/01/steubenvillefiles/ >.

    Nothing in a horror movie would encompass what allegedly happened, the us of the word "allegedly" here is hardly warranted. There were too many pieces of evidence to excuse the us of "allegedly".

    As the father of a teenaged daughter, I was sickened by the vivid picture painted, teenaged boys dragging a 'trophy' around to share with their equally sick friends. A prime 'condoner' in this latest violence to a child seems, once again, to be a coach, who facilitated some of the early assaults on this child.

    Where have we heard this before? Pennsylvania! Then, only last week, Hamline University (St. Paul, Minnesota) - the coach is at the centre of the allegations. Missoula, Montana Football Team - almost identical to Steubenville, Ohio.

    Th allegedly crooked sheriff, a relative who is the drug king pin, a prosecutor whose son is on the team, and on and on.

    Read the account < http://localleaks.blogs.ru/2013/01/01/steubenvillefiles >, you'll never sleep if your daughter isn't at home.

    No icon - nothing is sufficiently dramatic for this picture of rural America.

    1. silent_count

      Re: Read the Local Leaks web site, it's enough to sicken any parent

      If the facts are as reported on the link JaitcH posted then I wonder if the whole bunch of them (the rapists, their direct accomplices, and the alleged 'adults' who conspired to bury this case) could be prosecuted under the RICO act. IANAL but it does seem to fit the purpose for which the act was created.

      Yes, I'd personally like to see all involved, dangling by the neck, from a stout tree branch. However, as that's not going to happen, seeing *all* of those involved rotting in jail for a long, long time is the next best option.

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    FBI to investigate?

    The allegation is, that there is conspiracy involved by serif and possibly other officials. I do not think, that in this situation local administration is capable to investigate the case.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    evidence

    so, we have a video of some guy making jokes and hearsay at a party. crap jokes, though not a crime in itself.

    interesting that even guys like this have a bit of knowledge of Mars surface conditions.

    there probably isnt much point blurring the photos if youre going to post the video - as someone appears to mention her name.

    1. JaitcH
      Stop

      Re: evidence - we have a video of some guy making jokes and hearsay

      If nothing else it shows a very, very sick attitude to the females of the species. THIS is what is so disturbing ... and why would a sane person allow the diatribe be recorded?

      I think Michael Colin Nodianos is mentally challenged. Bet Nodianos wishes he hadn't made those statements, now.

  4. Anakin

    More info

    http://localleaks.blogs.ru/

  5. norman
    FAIL

    After Ohio?

    After Ohio, they need to look at the American law enforcement Mafia in general, every town in America gas similar cases.

    In Milton Florida, the Police looked the other way when a 12 year old child was raped in a parade, on a float, with a goat; no arrests of any of the kidnappers, no charges to the ones who ran that float.

  6. John P
    FAIL

    "They raped her quicker than Mike Tyson raped that one girl," he said, before dissolving into giggles.

    What the f**k is wrong with these people!?

  7. amanfromMars 1 Silver badge

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    1. CADmonkey
      WTF?

      Re: Post Radical SoulMates ...... HyperRadioProActive PlayMates

      e poi, in Italiano:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So-kOoU-NI8

      1. amanfromMars 1 Silver badge

        Re: Post Radical SoulMates ...... HyperRadioProActive PlayMates

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  8. Whiznot

    The fix is inplace... Wait for the civil trials.

    The authorities in Ohio will try to protect the football players. I hope the victim's attorney is a good one. After being drugged unconscious the girl was transported and raped at three different homes. One of the homes belonged to an assistant football coach and another belonged to the female prosecutor who tried to bury the criminal case. The prosecutor's son was alleged to be a member of the "rape crew" and one of the girl's attackers. The owners of all three homes where the rapes occurred should be facing huge civil liability suits. The plaintiff will surely collect all of the liability coverage from homeowner's insurance.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: The fix is inplace... Wait for the civil trials.

      It sounds just like the town I live in......

      "Praise Jeeeezers....... "

      Cover ups, cover ups, cover ups......

      Dirty deals, greasy palms, glad handing all around...

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Nice try

    ASSnonymous can't legitimize themselves by occasionally trying to do some good. They are basically unprosecuted criminals soon to be very anonymous and in jail.

    1. That Awful Puppy
      Facepalm

      Re: Nice try

      Good grief, but you are a bit of a dimwit, aren't you? There is no Anonymous as such, just a bunch of people on the internet with a shared passion for, erm, lulz. And a few of these got together and wanted to expose a few major cesspits in our genetic pool, further aided by the fact that said cesspits are jocks, who are the natural nemeses of basement dwellers and other neckbeards, which is what most Anons are. Besides, what could be lulzier than exposing a few local deities to some richly deserved punishment and humiliation?

      Note that I do not care much for most of Anon's undertakings, and find some of them to be downright despicable, much like what I think of Christians and their various sub-organisations and denominations, but in this case, Anon done good, much like Christians occasionally do.

      1. Intractable Potsherd

        Re: Nice try

        It is the same AC who crawls out every time Anonymous or copyright breach is mentioned. The language and grammar used don't change at all, to the extent I suspect s/he either copies and pastes, or it is a bot.

  10. Whiznot

    What about DNA?

    After the rapes the girl's parents took her to a hospital. I hope someone collected semen samples. Reports say that at least six boys raped the unconscious girl.

    1. JaitcH

      Re: What about DNA?

      NO DNA, they only went to the police days after the rapes/

  11. Jason Hindle

    SInce the local police appear ineffective/compromised

    How long before Federal law enforcement gets involved?

    1. ed2020

      Re: SInce the local police appear ineffective/compromised

      For "ineffective/compromised" read "corrupt".

  12. tonysmith

    Why isn't this all over the international news like the Indian rape case?

    I mean theReg, an IT mag, is the only UK based site reporting this. I'm guessing non-geeks outside the US will never hear about this one...and why aren't Americans protesting in the streets demanding justice like those Indians?

    1. WatAWorld

      the Indian rape case involved a death

      The Indian rape case involved a death is why. That makes it a much bigger deal.

      Still, this case in the states should get a bit of coverage in Canada and the UK. I mean, it isn't happening so often that it is not news -- is it?

      1. tonysmith

        Re: the Indian rape case involved a death

        It was international news before she died and in terms what actually happened in each case the US version is a bit more disturbing considering the cover-up in a country were you'd expect better.

        1. Anonymous Coward
          Unhappy

          Re: the Indian rape case involved a death

          It was international news not because of the rape itself, but because of the protests that followed. If it hadn't been for the protests, you'd never have heard about the rape.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Unhappy

      Because

      the MSM choose what to report. Just like how black on white /black on black crime is rarely reported, white on black crime however, THATS news...

  13. NomNomNom

    Sure is a lot of fuss about what can only be described as a bit of harmless college rape

    I bet all involved are rather bemused by the attention this is getting! I thought rape parties were commonplace. Oh well you live and learn.

  14. Trigun
    Stop

    Outside intervention

    This clearly needs outside intervention. I.e. someone from another area/state in the police force to come in and investigate what has happened and all of those involved.

    This is the only way for this to be sorted out properly and those who are guilty of involvement punished and those not guilty delcared so.

  15. WatAWorld

    ABC News has this on the story

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/steubenville-officials-launch-website-alleged-teen-gang-rape/story?id=18139460#.UOimI3cvmWY

  16. WatAWorld

    Stubenville city replies

    http://steubenvillefacts.squarespace.com/

    It seems the calls for outside investigators and independent prosecutors are things that are being done.

    As well as allegedly having a tradition of letting high school football players get away with rape, the USA has a tradition of making a big thing about crimes that happen to pretty white girls.

    When I used to watch CNN there would be the 4 stories getting 24/7 coverage: one political story, one industrial accident/fire, one pretty white girl who had gone missing.

    It turns out that stories of the police chief's son being at the party, or being one of the rapists, or being on the football team are untrue. Same thing with the initial lead investigator.

    It turns out that stories the girl was carried from party to party are the sick thoughts of some commenter somewhere, being repeated endlessly.

    I'm sure the press will be carefully going over Stubenville city's claims on that web page looking for any holes. From what I can see most of the information should be easy to check out from school year books.

    I cannot help but think that this is one rape of one pretty white girl, one of dozens of rapes that occurred that weekend across the USA.

    Why does no one care about the other dozens of girls who were raped that weekend?

    1. WatAWorld

      Re: Stubenville city replies

      "When I used to watch CNN there would be the 4 stories getting 24/7 coverage: one political story, one industrial accident/fire, one pretty white girl who had gone missing."

      My point there, the other political stores, the other wars, the other industrial accidents, and the other missing girls (most of whom were not white) got zero coverage from CNN.

      It was 24/7 about one story from each category, and when one missing white girl story was resolved, it would be replaced with another. Each category would be filled with one story at a time.

    2. Lamont Cranston

      Re: Why does no one care about the other dozens of girls who were raped that weekend?

      Make enough fuss about one high profile case, and maybe the general attitude will change (the general attitude apparently being that rape is just a bit of fun, and boys will be boys)?

  17. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    In Finland the same

    Every junior ice hockey player in small city is thinking being king of the world and there is lot of rumors about dating lists (girls circulated trough whole team). Best of all - these boys are teached to smuggle tobacco products from Sweden as young adults - as using those is in the fad in ice hockey community.

    It is hard to fall from the top, so doping usage is quite common also. So no wonder, there is many doping and/or drug smuglers among them in later age as they have learned to the morale in early age. I do not say, that even most of (former) icehockey players is drug/doping smuggler, but if I would be customs officer, I would include history of hockey playing as one possible elevating risk factor for suspected trafficer. Especially if the career had failed late teens or as young adult. The same goes possibly to football players in US.

  18. Fuh Quit

    Why do we need to do this?

    Seriously, if there is even an ounce of truth, there are some sick, sad people out there. There is nothing more I could suggest.

  19. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    "the police should be given every opportunity to go through them"

    Perhaps. However, you might outlining the details of how this should happen? I hope you're not suggesting that police have access to all records because someone was raped.

  20. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    God my species is depressing. Can we all agree that creatures like these should be removed from the gene pool.

    The phrase that should be taught to all young men is

    Enthusiastic Consent

    If your partner cannot give Enthusiastic Consent then you should not be doing it. Simple as.

  21. Magnus_Pym

    But good player are worth a lot of money...

    Yes, of course, rape is a bad thing but money is a good thing. College football players are worth a lot of money to colleges. They can be sold on for a $$$ when they graduate. This money supports the whole college system and especially scholarship programs. It's just a balancing act: rape parties vs education for poor people. You do want poor people to get educated don't you?

    Note: the above was sarcasm.

  22. The FunkeyGibbon
    Thumb Down

    It's not just the crime.

    I am sickened like all sane people by what these men did. I call them men because animals work largely on instinct, however sick these men are they are still capable of higher reasoning and therefore it makes their crime worse. I dog kills it may be out of primal fear or instinct, a human does it with the ability not to.

    More disturbing is the cover-up. A cover-up requires planning, multiple-parties and many supposedly rational people choosing consciously that the course they wish to take is not the just course but the one that suits them best. Evil on top of evil.

  23. mark 63 Silver badge
    Unhappy

    terrible

    this needs a movie made about it!

    in a similar style to "Alpha dog"

  24. Tikimon
    Unhappy

    Absolute school sports corrupt absolutely

    As with everything here in the USA, it's all about money. Jocks are a protected species, know it, and act like it. Can't have any of those college moneymakers languish in jail now, might hurt Screw U's chances at a bowl game next year. And Senator Stasi is a huge fan!

    Ditto on the cops not giving a damn. Their political masters want them generating "revenue" on the roads, not wasting money failing to solve crimes. In forty years, not one crime perpetrated against my family or friends has had a culprit brought to justice. Been hassled on the highway plenty of times though.

    Hangin's too good for them. BURNING'S too good for them. They ought to tear them into little bitty pieces and bury them AAALIIIVE!

    (with thanks to Hanover Fiste)

  25. zen1

    Maybe this is just a rhetorical question...

    What happend to our humanity? High profile rape cases all over the world, high profile murder cases and people take a passe' attitude about it. I don't understand. This has just gotten sad.

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