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It's just not right to put the TEN YEAR OLD RAPE VICTIM through this.

She is sixteen not ten . The rape allegations are six years old making her ten at the time and the defendant is now 22 so that would have made him 16 at the time.
Another article says
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Assistant County Prosecutor Mark Schneider was prepared to begin Craig's trial Monday in the courtroom of Common Pleas Judge Eileen A. Gallagher. But first, he and defense attorney Rufus Sims met for a closed-door hearing in the judge's chambers.

The hearing was to review private records held by the Department of Children and Family Services and to give the judge a chance to question the victim.

Sims had hoped to use the records to aid in his client's defense, but the judge denied his request. That caused Sims to state his intention to try the case to the judge instead of a jury.

Schneider objected, citing a statement by the judge last November that she thought the victim "had credibility problems" and that the entire case rested on the victim's word."

This whole thing seems a bit strange

The rape allegations are six years old making her ten at the time and the defendant is now 22 so that would have made him 16 at the time...statement by the judge last November that she thought the victim "had credibility problems" and that the entire case rested on the victim's word.

And, from your link:It took a 16-year-old Rocky River girl six years to find the courage to tell police about the boy next door who she said raped her.

Lots of room for Reasonable Doubt in this one.