<p>Getting away from politics as quickly as possible (!), I was hoping that hops would post again with some kind of mea culpa, but I suppose I shouldn’t hold my breath. I know there are people who think like that (Savannah Dietrich got a “free pass”? Really??), and who are that out of touch with reality, but I find it immensely depressing. Even more so when they work with high school students and have an opportunity to influence them.</p>
<p>^^That was my point. It seems that people now feel emboldened to say such things thanks to the current debate about “legitimate rape” and with even a VP candidate opposing abortion in the case of rape. Hops is not presenting a fringe point of view. A lot of people feel the same way.</p>
<p>How does this not become a federal case? [Child</a> Pornography Fact Sheet](<a href=“http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2451]Child”>http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=2451)</p>
<p>Bottom line, this is a free country and I believe she can contact every citizen of this country personally and tell them if she wants to. Sealed records pertain to what happens in court, I believe? No one has any right to gag her. Crappola, I’m sure there are still pics of her privates being assaulted floating around. No one can stop that now can they?</p>
<p>I have read definitively that the boys showed the pictures to others but have not yet read a definitive source that says that they were posted on the internet. For those saying that these were posted on the internet, do you have a news source?</p>
<p>Dietrich texted them to not show them. One apparently apologized and said that he had deleted the picture shortly after it was taken. The other was apparently the one that showed the picture to others. I’m not sure which was which.</p>
<p>I have read several articles that said that other teens had seen the pictures (presumably off one of the boy’s phones) but the statements that say that they were posted to the internet are from comments or forums.</p>
<p>When I say the pics are “floating around” I meant that they are probably saved on peoples’ phones. Sorry, didn’t mean to imply they are posted on the internet. But…they could be. They exist.<br>
Poor girl.</p>
<p>I know. It is a nauseating story. Some of the adults involved in protecting those boys just make it worse. Especially the “prosecutor” and the one defense attorney who said she ruined his clients life. Every time I think of that I just want to go punch him on the nose.</p>
<p>This looks legitimate; it’s the motion for contempt against Savannah filed by defense counsel. It makes clear that there was a gag order against Savannah and her mother and that it was specifically requested by the defense counsel and the boys’ parents.</p>
<p>You can see the actual tweets.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.juryverdicts.net/TheContemptMotion.pdf[/url]”>http://www.juryverdicts.net/TheContemptMotion.pdf</a></p>
<p>Again, I DO NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THIS IS THE ACTUAL MOTION, but it looks legit.</p>
<p>^ That’s weird. Odd thing I noticed, but many of the "c"s are actually "e"s. Is that typical? I’m sure I’m being nitpicky but it caught my eye lol.</p>
<p>^^ I noticed that too. And no one appointed me Grammar Police, but I wouldn’t expect an official court document to say things like “… requested an admonishment to the Ms. Dietrieh [sic]…” or “…all who are under the age of 18.”</p>
<p>This item: “Ms. Dietrich’s Twitter Account communicated … false allegations of criminal activity …” doesn’t make sense to me. As I understand it, the boys pleaded guilty. Doesn’t that make the allegations true?</p>
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Is the lacrosse culture in KY similar to the one in the northeast? If so, then I would expect these are wealthy families lawyering up to protect their darlings. Let’s see, we already know that private school kids can defect to the local public high school and their records will be “clean” for college admissions. And college counselors could help to package their clients in the best possible light, possibly hiding from adcoms the rape. I’m sure it’s happened before; I’m sure it will happen again. I know there are those on this forum who know how to hide/excuse unsavory pasts from adcoms. </p>
<p>I’m glad Savannah outed them. The boys deserve it.</p>
<p>Go to [Jury</a> Verdict Publications](<a href=“http://www.juryverdicts.net/]Jury”>http://www.juryverdicts.net/) Click on Kentucky and then on breaking news.
It looks totally legitimate to me. This site is posting all of the documents released by the court. </p>
<p>The contempt motion was prepared by defense counsel in a hurry. Attorneys make grammatical errors in motion papers all the time. </p>
<p>I can’t explain the e vs. c thing. Despite that, it looks real.</p>
<p>I havent read all the posts, but why isnt there federal prosecution for the sending of pornographic shots of a minor? Does that only apply to victims under 16?</p>
<p>More interesting reading. </p>
<p>[Wall</a> Photos | Facebook](<a href=“Redirecting...”>Redirecting...)</p>
<p>McCormick does a good summary in</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.juryverdicts.net/SavannahDietrichJuvenileFilesPartOne.pdf[/url]”>http://www.juryverdicts.net/SavannahDietrichJuvenileFilesPartOne.pdf</a></p>
<p>@jonri: Wow, pretty clear where one of the boys got his attitudes toward women. The poor mother…sounds like she didn’t have any influence over either her son or her husband in all this.</p>
<p>It’s not clear that they sent the photos to anyone. All that I’ve read from news sources indicates that they took pictures on their phones and showed them to other people. I would think that just owning such photos would be a crime but I understand that laws may have been changed in many states because teenagers apparently send these kinds of photos around.</p>
<p>Or that she was smart enough to know not to express her opinion in that venue</p>
<p>Just an aside but who the heck would go for a cup of coffee with either of these boys, let alone go to a prom? And what parents wouldn’t throw themselves in front of the limo to prevent it?</p>
<p>EPTR - I suspect this is why parents went nuts over publicity. They were hoping to keep it quiet. Now it is going to follow them. As it should.</p>