I m ready for my voice to be heard : Georgetown rape survivor discusses trial and resilience
Woman speaks publicly for first time since attack
and last updated 2021-08-03 11:22:04-04
GEORGETOWN (LEX 18) â In the nearly three years since a rape was reported at Georgetown College, the name of the woman who was attacked had not been released. Now, after the man accused was convicted on multiple counts, Ava Stokes says she wants to show the public â and others who ve been through a similar nightmare â that she s a survivor, not a victim.
On the night of Sept. 23, 2018, Stokes, then an 18-year-old Georgetown College freshman, told police she
Jury finds Cody Arnett guilty in 2018 rape of Georgetown College student
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and last updated 2021-07-27 22:23:36-04
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) â Cody Alan Arnett was found guilty Tuesday for the 2018 rape of a Georgetown College student.
Arnett, 35, took the stand in his own defense Tuesday, saying he had consensual sex with the victim. That contradicts what she described during her emotional testimony.
The victim told the jury she never met Arnett before the night he is accused of repeatedly raping her at knife-point inside her campus apartment after entering an unlocked door.
Trying to hold back tears she described how she got Arnett to stop.
Trial begins for man accused of raping Georgetown College student
Attorneys delivered opening statements on Tuesday in the trial against the man accused of raping a Georgetown College student in 2018.
and last updated 2021-07-20 23:24:00-04
GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) â Attorneys delivered opening statements on Tuesday in the trial against the man accused of raping a Georgetown College student in 2018.
Cody Alan Arnett, 35, is charged with rape in connection to an incident police said happened in September of 2018 inside an on-campus apartment.
Arnett entered an apartment through an unlocked door and raped a woman who lived there at knife-point, according to officers.