“Really? They had the control to sexually molest her and to videotape it. It’s appalling that you detach blame from them and blame the victim.”
Actually they were also impaired in their judgement by booze as well so lets cut the kids a break here. Who hasn’t done bone stupid things when drunk at that age? And as we have no idea what was done to her you could be overreacting to what was actually done, I get the feeling that the judge (who has all the evidence, NOT us) had a good reason for putting a gag order on this gal. Talk about a lynch mob mentality, all these white knights that want to rush out and off some kids is just appalling, especially as no one here has any idea what happened.
yea, and judges are known for being so awesome in their rulings.
Doing stupid things while drunk does not include rape or any type of sexual assault. That is not considered stupid, it is considered criminal. Judges downgrade sex assaults frequently, even dismissing a given cases or labeling them with STET. This does not mean that the person/s did not commit the proven crime, but the judge did not rule properly by calling a spade a spade.
Actually, lots of young people get drunk without sexually abusing others who have passed out. Being drunk is not an excuse for also being a criminal. Alcohol merely loosens inhibitions like the fear of being punished, it did not cause the criminal idea to sexually assault and photograph the victim, nor to post the evidence on the internet.
They shared those pictures for months, thinking they got away with it, in itself a federal felony (underage porn).
Ummm. Moi? I've done some bone stupid things, and I continue to do them at my age, but given that I never drank in my life and have never been drunk, I'll say: moi?
My whole point was objecting to the idea that the young girl had no basis to complain about being sexually abused because she chose to get drunk around young men. Sorry. Drunk women don't lose the right to complain about being raped.
Being drunk doesn't give you an excuse for committing a rape, driving a car into a crowd of bystanders, shooting up a bar, or voting for Obama.