NEW HAMPSHIRE
Daily Mail (UK)
Teen breaks down in tears on the stand as she accuses elite prep school student of raping her in ‘virginity taking’ game
By Kelly Mclaughlin For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
A teenage girl accusing an elite prep school graduate of raping her as part of a campus practice of sexual conquest broke down in tears as she took the stand on Tuesday in court.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the trial of Owen Labrie allegedly raping a freshman girl told jurors that the case hinges on the credibility of the accuser.
Prosecutor Catherine Ruffle said in her opening statement that Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, raped the 15-year-old girl on the roof of a campus building in May 2014 as part of the Senior Salute at the prestigious St Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire.
She referred to the practice, in which graduating boys try to take the virginity of younger girls before getting their diplomas, as ‘the context for this entire event’.
Labrie, now 19, has pleaded not guilty to several felonies.
On the witness stand Tuesday, the accuser broke down crying and pointed at Labrie when asked if he was in the courtroom.
The petite student, her ash blonde hair pulled back from her forehead, told jurors the two were not friends, but he was a classmate of her sister.
She said during her testimony that she thought Labrie’s invitation to a Senior Salute was ‘disgusting’ because he had written it so sappily, according to WMUR.
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