2009 Richmond High School gang rape
| Richmond High School gang rape | |
|---|---|
| Location | Richmond, California, U.S. |
| Date | Saturday, October 25, 2009 9:30 p.m.– c. 12:00 a.m. (UTC-8) |
Attack type | Assault, rape |
| Victim | 15-year-old female student |
The 2009 Richmond High School gang rape occurred on October 25, 2009, in Richmond, California, United States, when a 15-year-old female student of Richmond High School was gang raped by a group of young males in a courtyard on the school campus after a homecoming dance was being held.
Police say that the victim was beaten and raped, at times with a foreign object, and robbed for 2½ hours while up to 10 bystanders witnessed the attack without reporting to the police. The girl was lifted by air to a hospital and realeased on Wednesday in a stable condition.
Manuel Ortega, 19, Salvador Rodriguez, 21, Cody Ray Smith, 15, Ari Abdallah Morales, 16, and Marcelles James Peter, 17 have been arrested in connection with the attack. [1]
Marcelles Peter's mother suspected racism in her son's arrest, stating, "He is the one they've arrested who is black, and if they give my nephew a life sentence, I will sue Richmond. There is no way in hell I will see my nephew blamed in this because he is black."[2]
In 2008 another rape occurred during a homecoming dance in Richmond, at De Anza High School.
References
- ^ Fagan, Kevin (2009-11-01). "Richmond gang rape seen as nearly inevitable". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
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