CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A girl who accuses a recent graduate of an elite New Hampshire prep school of raping her as part of a campus tradition of sexual conquest says she was traumatized and in shock when she spoke to police five days later.
Nineteen-year-old Owen Labrie (lah-BREE’) of Tunbridge, Vermont, is accused of raping the girl two days before he graduated from St. Paul’s School last year as part of “Senior Salute,” in which seniors try to have sex with underclassmen.
Under questioning from Labrie’s lawyer Thursday, the now-16-year-old girl burst into tears, saying she was “violated in so many ways.”
Defense attorney J.W. Carney tried to undermine her credibility, questioning friendly emails she later exchanged with Labrie. He also sought to note discrepancies between her testimony and what she told police.