My guess is his previous counsel was reticent to bring up the victim’s history because then his own not so stellar history would be fair game and that would NOT make him look good. I think Carney has pretty much stated this.
I’m surprised he has someone, somewhere still willing to fund his lame attempts for a retrial.
In regard to funding the legal counsel, perhaps the deep pockets that advised him to turn down 3 weeks in the county jail with no sex offender registration and go to trial feels guilty for the poor advice.
The rape occurred three years ago. Labrie could have done the time, started CC in the fall, and likely transferred to a good school. Now he faces a minimum of 15 years on the sex offender registry which doesn’t start until he finishes his jail sentence.
Yes, turning down the plea bargain orchestrated by his first very competent and well-regarded lawyer was his second biggest mistake, second only to the poor decisions he made to get him there in the first place.
The only “good” part of this is that he has been wasting his time, some sympathizer’s money (and whatever miniscule amount of social capital he might still have) for the past 3 years trying to escape the consequences of his actions. If he hadn’t shown his true colors in his crime, he could be working at Goldman Sachs this summer (or getting ready to apply to divinity school if you believe the BS he was shoveling pre-trial).
Those are 3 years he’ll never get back and thousands of dollars some foolish benefactor has squandered. In the meantime I hope that the victim is gaining strength every day at her new school and learning how resilient she really is, with the support of her family.
New investigation at SPS about recent game of sexual conquest:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/st-pauls-school-investigates-new-sexual-conquest-game-new-hampshire/
Article in today’s Washington Post:
"St. Paul’s School, the elite New England boarding school dogged in recent months by allegations of past sexual abuse and misconduct, is now the target of a criminal investigation by local and state authorities.
In a statement released Thursday evening, New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald announced investigators will examine whether the school engaged in conduct that endangered the welfare of a child."
^^Good.
I’m wondering if the board is getting tired of these investigations and will want to clean house?
Two interesting tidbits about Labrie’s victim:
I’m pleased that she is making something positive out of the experience.
That’s the first time I’ve seen her picture.
She looked younger several years ago.
This is a brave young woman. I wish I could hug her and thank her.
Not surprising, since she WAS younger several years ago. 
Almost all of these elite prep schools (and not so elite?) seem to have a seedy past of sexual abuse between students and teachers, and a climate of sexual assault that has been tolerated. If I knew all this at the time my kids applied to Choate and others, I never would have let them go. 8 years later, they survived but it remains a problem at boarding schools, and wonder if it will ever resolve.
Privileged preppies aren’t used to being denied anything, including sex. If they’re denied, they will take it by force.
@Muad_dib That’s an uninformed comment. The vast, vast majority of prep school kids conduct themselves with integrity. Labrie actually didn’t come from a background of privilege.
@preppedparent Unfortunately, sexual abuse is everywhere - public schools as well. It’s not specific to boarding schools. Look at history with coaches in certain sports like swimming.
I think folks are oversimplifying circumstances and facts here to pretend this only happens with “preppies” and “elite prep schools”
There’s a lot more handwringing about the prep school cases.
I went to an all girl’s school back in the day. They snuffed this stuff out pretty quickly. A girl in my class slept with the stable boy and was expelled and he was fired. An art teacher got too close to one of his students and was let go. (They got married after she graduated from college.) There were a handful of girls who apparently met boys in the woods and had sex, but I never heard about it until our reunions. I’m sure there was some lesbian sex going on, but again I was clueless.
It seems like everyone knew about the Senior Salute and ignored it.
@doschicos As usual, I am happy to disagree with you. Boarding schools seem to have a lot more “behind closed doors” availability and access to children by pedophiles than public schools.
Although sexual abuse is everywhere including athletics (most recently USAG - gymnastics) and the Catholic Church, and yes, public schools, there seems to be history of more than its share of cases among boarding school communities between teachers and those in their charge/ care.
I don’t know if there is more or less abuse in boarding schools than anywhere else.
My objection to boarding schools is that I don’t believe parental supervision can - or should - be replaced by institutional supervision. No administrator can watch over a kid, teach the kid morality, provide loving support, model good behavior, etc. like a good parent.
@prospect1 In some ways, I think you just answered your own question to whether there is more or less abuse in BSs.
agree–no administrator can watch over a kid…and provide…like a good parent. With very rare exception.