Teenager Accused Of 'Lewd Conduct' After Reporting Her Own Rape

[JI7]

this is from a few days ago. not sure if it has already been posted and discussed.


<The television show “Democracy Now” had a heartbreaking segment Friday about a teenager whose school accused her of “lewd conduct” and sent her to disciplinary school after she reported her rape.

That teenager, Rachel Bradshaw-Bean, says another student raped her in the band room of her east Texas high school when she was a senior in 2010.

When she told a band instructor what happened, she says, he told her to confront her attacker. The police were eventually notified and determined the sex was “consensual,” spurring Henderson High School to punish Bradshaw-Bean along with her alleged assailant.

Bradshaw-Bean told Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman that her own school treated her “like a prisoner” for trying to get help after her assault.

Recently, Bradshaw-Bean has been speaking out about her school’s egregious behaviour along with the ACLU, which filed a complaint with the Department of Education alleging her rights had been violated.

The Education Department found in 2012 that Henderson High had violated Title IX by “failing to provide a legitimate, non-discriminatory reason for placing student in DAEP [disciplinary alternative education program] for the conduct of ‘public lewdness.’”

That school relied on the police department’s finding the sex was consensual without looking into the matter itself, as required by Title IX, the Education Department investigation found. As a result, Bradshaw-Bean was forced to go to the very same disciplinary program that her alleged attacker went to.

“I had to see him every day, multiple times,” Bradshaw-Bean told Amy Goodman.

Bradshaw-Bean told investigators at the DOE that other students would also make comments about the alleged rape. She told the DOE that one student asked her “what she was in here for.” Then that other student told Bradshaw-Bean that she and her alleged rapist “did it.”>

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/rachel-bradshaw-beans-rape-in-texas-2014-1

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. public lewdness ...

is that like what Miley did on stage in front of millions ... ?

[ismnotwasm]

2. Figures nt

[JI7]

3. Without an interpreter to help rape victim testify, alleged rapist walks free, finds another victim

this is different case from the one in the OP , but i post it here as it's another case of how the victim is treated while the rapist is allowed to go free.

there are other articles with details on the case of the attack on the 15 year old and it's horrible.


<A Spanish-speaking woman in Illinois was denied an interpreter while providing testimony in a sexual assault hearing against her alleged assailant, Luis Pantoja. Without the aid of an interpreter, the 24-year-old woman struggled to provide key information and answer questions about the incident; after a confusing exchange with the public defendant representing her alleged rapist, the hearing concluded and the judge dismissed the charges.

Pantoja walked free. He is now being charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery and aggravated criminal sexual assault against a 15-year-old girl.

The Chicago Sun-Times ran a lengthy transcript from the hearing, and it’s clear that the woman was confused about what she was being asked. Despite this, her request for an interpreter was denied, and the questioning carried on.

That a judge would have so little regard for the comprehension of the victim of an alleged rape is shameful, but given the dire state of our criminal justice system on the matter of sexual assault, it is far from shocking.>

http://www.salon.com/2014/01/07/without_a_translator_to_help_rape_victim_testify_alleged_rapist_walks_free_and_finds_another_victim/