Post by pavel on May 13, 2016 7:02:11 GMT -6
Attorneys demand evidence after lawsuit alleges Calhoun students drugged, raped classmate
When she returned to her bottle of rum in the kitchen, a former Calhoun High School student says, she saw four boys with backpacks standing around. She thought that was odd.
She continued to drink, telling her friends at the post-prom cabin party in Ellijay, Ga., two years ago that the alcohol seemed stronger than usual. She says she doesn't remember much after that, not until she woke up on the floor of a bathroom, blood covering her below the waist.
The student returned home on May 11, 2014. Her mom then took her to a hospital, where she told doctors that multiple men had raped her. Since then, a criminal case against three of her classmates has been pending in Gilmer County Superior Court.
But on Tuesday, lawyers for the woman filed a civil lawsuit against the three defendants and 18 other parties. The lawsuit provided a new allegation: Four students allegedly drugged her that night. Defense attorneys for some of those students, however, question the legitimacy of the claim, pointing out that police and prosecutors have never mentioned drugs.
Read more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/may/13/lawsuit-alleges-calhoun-high-students-drugged/365357/
When she returned to her bottle of rum in the kitchen, a former Calhoun High School student says, she saw four boys with backpacks standing around. She thought that was odd.
She continued to drink, telling her friends at the post-prom cabin party in Ellijay, Ga., two years ago that the alcohol seemed stronger than usual. She says she doesn't remember much after that, not until she woke up on the floor of a bathroom, blood covering her below the waist.
The student returned home on May 11, 2014. Her mom then took her to a hospital, where she told doctors that multiple men had raped her. Since then, a criminal case against three of her classmates has been pending in Gilmer County Superior Court.
But on Tuesday, lawyers for the woman filed a civil lawsuit against the three defendants and 18 other parties. The lawsuit provided a new allegation: Four students allegedly drugged her that night. Defense attorneys for some of those students, however, question the legitimacy of the claim, pointing out that police and prosecutors have never mentioned drugs.
Read more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2016/may/13/lawsuit-alleges-calhoun-high-students-drugged/365357/