NEW HAMPSHIRE
NBC News
[with video]
by JON SCHUPPE
A former student at an elite New Hampshire prep school went on trial Monday on charges he raped a 15-year-old girl on campus. But it’s not just the defendant who’s facing judgment.
The rape allegedly occurred at the prestigious St. Paul’s School, whose alumni include Secretary of State John Kerry, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Garry Trudeau and several members of Congress. The trial is expected to cast a spotlight on unsavory aspects of the boarding school’s on-campus sexual culture — including accusations of graduating boys’ competitive pursuit of younger students.
The defendant, 19-year-old Owen Labrie, is accused of raping the freshman girl on the roof of a school building in May 2014, just before he graduated. He has been charged with three counts of aggravated felony sex assault, four counts of misdemeanor sex assault, endangering the welfare of a child and using a computer to lure her to meet him via email and Facebook.
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