Another Steubenville - Torrington High - rape, social media. and football players (accuse, high school)

[katzpaw]

Two high school football players are accused of sexual assault. Their fellow students take to social media to defend the pair, taunting and blaming the victims. An athletic director brushes aside the allegations—along with separate hazing, felony robbery and assault charges against the school's athletes—as "not any different than any other community." Administrators are reluctant to immediately address the accusations, making it appear like a cover-up. The online hacktivist group Anonymous pledges to expose the truth and publicly shame those who engage in cyberbullying and victim-blaming.

Except this isn't Steubenville, Ohio—it's Torrington, Conn., where two 18-year-olds, Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio, stand accused of second-degree sexual assault of two 13-year-old girls. The investigation has led to the arrest of a 17-year-old male for an alleged assault on one of the 13-year-olds last fall, police say, and more arrests could be forthcoming.

Students flocked to social media in the days surrounding the arrests of Gonzalez and Toribio, with several students offering support for the two football players and others blaming the victims for causing the incident. References included calling a 13-year-old who hangs around with 18-year-olds a “whore,” and claiming the victims “destroyed” the lives of the players.

Is Torrington another Steubenville?

[monkeywrenching]

Originally Posted by katzpaw

Two high school football players are accused of sexual assault. Their fellow students take to social media to defend the pair, taunting and blaming the victims. An athletic director brushes aside the allegations—along with separate hazing, felony robbery and assault charges against the school's athletes—as "not any different than any other community." Administrators are reluctant to immediately address the accusations, making it appear like a cover-up. The online hacktivist group Anonymous pledges to expose the truth and publicly shame those who engage in cyberbullying and victim-blaming.

Except this isn't Steubenville, Ohio—it's Torrington, Conn., where two 18-year-olds, Edgar Gonzalez and Joan Toribio, stand accused of second-degree sexual assault of two 13-year-old girls. The investigation has led to the arrest of a 17-year-old male for an alleged assault on one of the 13-year-olds last fall, police say, and more arrests could be forthcoming.

Students flocked to social media in the days surrounding the arrests of Gonzalez and Toribio, with several students offering support for the two football players and others blaming the victims for causing the incident. References included calling a 13-year-old who hangs around with 18-year-olds a “whore,” and claiming the victims “destroyed” the lives of the players.

Is Torrington another Steubenville?

maybe if these football players think with the heads on their shoulders instead of what is inside their pants, we would have less of a problem.

[chielgirl]

Again, blaming the victim.
Perhaps they should end sports programs in Stupidville for a few years.

[gallowsCalibrator]

Originally Posted by chielgirl

Again, blaming the victim.
Perhaps they should end sports programs in Stupidville for a few years.

This one wasn't in Steubenville, OH; it was in Torrington, CT.