NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Union Leader
By DALE VINCENT
New Hampshire Union Leader
CONCORD – Owen Labrie, accused of raping a 15-year-old fellow student at St. Paul’s School on May 30, 2014, in a tradition called “Senior Salute,” will testify in his Merrimack County Superior Court trial.
Labrie, 19, of Tunbridge, Vt., was a graduating senior and a Prefect, a student leader, when he’s accused of inviting the girl to meet him for the Senior Salute, which allegedly occurred in a room in one of the campus buildings that was off limits to students.
In her opening statement, Assistant Merrimack County Attorney Catherine Ruffle told jurors Tuesday that the victim, who is not being named by the newspaper, will testify she was not a willing participant in the sexual activity.
Ruffle said people had different ideas of just what the Senior Salute entailed, with some thinking it was as simple as kissing. Others thought of it as taking the virginity of an underclassman.
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