OHIO RAPE CASE Ohio Rape Trial Focuses On Intoxication
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Mar. 13, 2013 5:02 PM EDT
Updated: Mar. 14, 2013 8:55 AM EDT
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Steubenville
, Ohio
Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the trial of two high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old girl are focusing on the alleged victim's level of intoxication and whether she consented to sex.
Witnesses on Wednesday at times gave conflicting accounts of the girl's condition at a party last August, with some saying she could barely walk and others testifying that she was sober enough to brush off friends who wanted her to leave.
The juvenile court trial continues Thursday before Judge Thomas Lipps, who is hearing it without a jury.
The prosecution this week is expected to call three teenage boys who saw the alleged attack. Defense attorneys could call the West Virginia girl who is the alleged victim.
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Two 17-year-old girls who testified at the trial of two Ohio high school football players accused of rape said the alleged victim had been drinking that night.
One of the witnesses is a Steubenville High School student. She said the alleged victim was having trouble walking but never appeared to pass out.
The other girl, a friend of the alleged victim, said she had never seen her so intoxicated.
Seventeen-year-old Trent Mays and 16-year-old Ma'Lik Richmond are on trial before a judge.
The case in juvenile court has brought unprecedented attention to the small city of Steubenville through a barrage of social media and criticism that more students should have been charged.
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