accused of raping the 19-year-old college student. her funeral is scheduled for friday. madison s heart, her obituary reads was pure. laugh infectious and she lived every day to the fullest. her legacy will forever shine in the stars above. she died earlier this month after being struck by a car. investigators say leading up to that maddy as she was called was sexually assaulted and left on the side of the road. she was raped. rape is rape. it is a horrific, terrible situation and to the extent that those involved with the alleged rapist want to blame the victim and show press conferences and say things we can talk about in a minute we re standing up for maddy. that s not right. in response to comments made by lawyers representing the four who have been charged with maddy s assault. they argue the lsu sophomore was not overly drunk and did give sexual consent. 18-year-old washington has been charged with rape in a second
12-year-old girl at an apartment swimming pool three years ago. washington was among three others recentsly charged with the january 13th rape of college student madison brooks. police say they dropped the victim off on the side of the road where she was accidentally struck by a rideshare driver. earlier that evening, brooks will be partying at a local ba are where she met the suspects and later seen leaving with them. maddy s family outaged by lawyers representing the accused suggesting she did consent to sex. we are not going to allow any victim blaming to occur here, she was a victim of a horrific rape which led to her death. lawyers representing the suspects say this surveillance video from outside the bar obtained by news affiliate wafb helps prove his clients are innocent because it shows madison brooks chasing after the guys. they also question the accuracy of the victim s blood alcohol
maddy, what did you say to adam? a second voice says, like i told adam everything. here is that sound. adam, what did you say to adam? i told adam everything. this, of course, might raise suspicion. kaylee s father said adam was their bartender that night and at this hour he is not a suspect. we have had that film for a while. i believe the business reached out to us directly and after they had given it to the police. so it was kind of a comforting to us. it is just two girls having a good time talking about, you know, asking about their bartender and just being girls on their way to the grub truck. the new video shows the young women walking with a man in a hoodie who police say right now is not a suspect.
A Lenoir man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for advertising videos and images of children being sexually abused, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Dena