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as off winning season. has preferential treatment been given to these boys because they are part of the football team? no that s not true. they are facing charges. no. reporter: the sheriff believes some of what is being posted online and on social media about the case is false. they give us a black eye. and when you have people continue to put false information out there, you know, it s tough to make it go away. reporter: stubenville police chief bill mccafferty says despite many pleas, few witnesses came forward. the thing i found most disturbing is, depending on who actually was there, why didn t somebody stop it? reporter: but the state maintains that s exactly what happened and that the defendants were hardly shy about what they allegedly did. a text message from trent mays to a friend presented as evidence said, she was like a dead body. i just needed some sexual attention. poppy harlow joins me now live from stubenville. we understand a third eyewitness for the
on the face of it incredibly damming. what do you think of the developments in the last 24 hours? i think it s very important, piers, that the two witnesses testified that they actually saw both defendants involved in digital penetration of this young woman s vagina, which is rape it is rape in ohio. as a matter of fact, in many places, in most places, it is not just penetration of the vagina by a male genitalia t could be by any bodily part it also could be by an object, but in this case irk it s by two fingers. let me turn back to you you alexandria, from living in stubenville, one of the aspects again that is disturbing is the apparent power of the footballers. as we saw with penn state this can sometimes override normal decency and normal reaction and behavior from people. how significant do you think that s expect of this case, the fact that these two are star football players in a town
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wireless is limitless. coming up, texts on trial, and there is a big focus of text messages and phone messages in the rape trial out of stubenville, ohio and how a cell phone could determine guilt or innocence. here is a look at the stories topping the news. pope francis met with cardinals this morning and including those who were not part of the conclave and not eligible to vote. and big news for the carnival cruise ship. legend cut the trip short and heading back to tampa, because of a propulsion problem. it was stuck in st. martin because of a generator failure. and stocks are down after a we weaker than expected consumer sentiment report. the dow had a streak of the longest since 1976.