Torrington High School rape case
The Torrington High School rape case refers to five separate rape cases involving a half-dozen former Torrington High School football players and other Torrington teens.[1]
In a 2013 case Joan Toribio and Edgar Gonzalez, both 18 year old former football players from Torrington High School, were convicted in the sexual assault of two 13-year-old girls in Torrington, Connecticut.[2][3][4] Joan Toribio was sentenced to 9 months in prison.[5] Edgar Gonzalez was sentenced to six years in prison.[6]
In a 2011 case Kenuel Weaver-Hunt, 17, and Dyllan Rodriguez, 16, pleaded guilty to charges of risk of injury to a minor with illicit sexual contact, a class "D" felony.[7] Both were sentenced to five years in prison, suspended after four months served.[8] Alec Berkemeier, 16, was charged with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor with illicit sexual contact but reached a deal with the prosecutors that included a provision to seal the records of the case.[9]
Controversy
Torrington High School gained notoriety for its students' victim blaming cyberbullying of the two 13-year-old girls through social media. The Register Citizen, a local newspaper, published images of Twitter posts which defended the accused and attacked the victims.[10][2][3][4] Some have also criticized parents and staff, who may have been hinted about the situation, of not making students aware of the legal and other implications of their actions.[11]
See also
- Sexual assault of Savannah Dietrich
- Steubenville High School rape case
- Suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons (Cole Harbour District High School)
- Suicide of Audrie Pott (Saratoga High School)
- Audrie & Daisy, 2016 film
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