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second incident (which never took place). The vice principal then called the police on March 22, three weeks after the assault occurred. Police interviewed the vice principal and the victim's swim coach, the latter of whom had heard about the incident from the victim herself three days after the incident. Detective
Lieutenant Richard Corcoran put Detective Sheila Byron in charge of investigating the case. Byron's main focus was to establish if the victim had given consent, or whether she was incapable of giving consent.
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against a female college student following his arrest for the Glen Ridge rape. The defense lawyers—Thomas Ford, Alan Zegas, and
Michael Querques—used what the New Jersey Law Journal called the "Lolita Defense". They suggested during cross-examinations that the victim was not a victim but a promiscuous "seductress" who aggressively started and willingly participated in the sexual acts, and the defendants needed protection from her. This strategy was received poorly throughout the trial due to its implications of
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After initially refusing, she agreed when she was told that the boy's brother, whom she had a crush on, would go on a date with her. He put his arm around the victim and escorted her to the basement. When they reached the basement, 12 boys from the park were there. After some conversation, one of the
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Seven boys stayed, all football players and all seniors but one. The victim was then orally raped. She was forced to bend over and the boys took turns vaginally penetrating her. The victim was then penetrated with a broom by two of those present and she was penetrated with a baseball bat. The broom
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and the defense lawyers' nonchalant attitudes during courtroom breaks. The jury deliberated for eight days. While they agreed early on that the woman was incapable of saying no due to her disability, it took three more days for the jurors to determine whether or not the defendants were or should
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and was later determined to have an IQ of 64, left her house the afternoon of the incident to go play basketball in
Carteret Park. On the way, she found a stick which she decided to keep. When she arrived at the park, many of the school's athletes were there, either watching or participating in an
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to allow testimony about the victim's past sexual history. Prosecutor Robert D. Laurino referred to the defendants as threats to their community and asked the judge to revoke their bail. He pointed to
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and bat were covered with plastic bags coated with
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Scherzer's sentence being reduced to seven years. All three began serving their sentences in 1997.
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informal baseball practice. One of the boys came over to her and asked her to come down to a basement of a nearby house for a party. The house was adjacent to the park and the owners were in
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Byron realized she would need independent corroboration, because the victim might not make a convincing witness in a trial. The prosecutor's office officially became involved with the investigation on April 7 and officially took control on April 12.
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boys removed his pants and underpants and the victim removed her shirt. At this point, a sophomore and another underclassman left. A total of six boys left while the victim undressed.
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coercion and second-degree attempted aggravated sexual assault. Bryant Grober was convicted of a single third-degree conspiracy charge.
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