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Grand jury scheduled to meet in cheerleader case

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November 18, 2009 6:22 PM

Scott Lawrence

The Hardin County grand jury is scheduled to meet Tuesday to investigate a cheerleader's allegations she was sexually assaulted by three football players.

In January a previous grand jury decided not to indict three Silsbee High School football players, including a juvenile.

They were charged with sexually assaulting the cheerleader in October of 2008 during a party away from the Silsbee High School campus.

The girl says she was pushed into a room and sexually assaulted while the door was locked.

Attorney David Barlow was appointed special prosecutor to present the case to the grand jury.

The panel is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, November 24.

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6:33 PM on November 18, 2009

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pall2509

9:06 PM on November 18, 2009

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When will the madness end? This little gal pulled these guys in almost by their privates, then cried rape after she got scared that she would look like a sl*t.

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yorkiehere

4:39 AM on November 19, 2009

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And how do you know this pall2509?

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queenb77630

9:34 AM on November 19, 2009

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Is this the same story that has been on here before where the grand jury has turned down the case several times before or is this a DIFFERENT one?

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10:32 AM on November 19, 2009

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carekat1

10:58 AM on November 19, 2009

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queenbee77630 ----- this is the same one.
She keeps trying,trying,trying., just like the energizer bunny. I don't think it's ever going away. Why do they keep going before the Grand Jury? Do they think one of the juries is going to finally say, geez we give up, lets ruin 3 boys lives, so we can get rid of this case? I don't think so.
I agree with pall2509-- I think she brought the case on, because she didn't want to look like a sl-t.

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mikelbene

2:48 PM on November 19, 2009

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The grand jury has only heard this once... No charges were filed against the three rapists... I mean, boys. Oh wait, I can't call them that either. Young African American males. It was announced several months ago that they were appointing a special prosecutor to re-review the thing, and I suppose that the appointed investigator (Barlow) has gathered all of the evidence and will now present it to the grand jury on Tuesday.

I think it's a cultural thing.

The folks who want to see these boys charged would be just as eager to see white boys prosecuted. The folks who are so opposed to charging the black players would not be in the least bit interested in the situation if it was a trio white boys that were being brought up on charges.

Anyone care to dispute that?

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patriotusmc

4:59 PM on November 19, 2009

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I did not read the police report so no one jump on me, but, I have two beautiful daughters and if they said they were raped I would expect to see black eyes, bloody nose, maybe a broken bone or two.I also have a son in the military overseas. While he was stateside an older girlfriend of his keyed his truck. He called the police at once. Next day when she realized she was in trouble and would have to pay for the damages, she hollered rape. My son was arrested because this skank got mad. He spent three days in jail. Long story short, judge let him out pending trial, my son requested that there be a restraining order against her, she did not want one on him. He came home on leave she called, texted, saying she was sorry . I told him not to respond. She ended up dropping her false charges. Of course nothing happened to her. My son , who is already highly decorated, has an arrest record that will never go away and his (our families) DNA is in a FBI database now forever. I can see things both ways. The father of the cheerleader needs to find out the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

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coylin1221

1:07 AM on November 20, 2009

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patriot, I hope that dirty w h o r e get's what's coming to her. It's women like that who make actual rape cases so hard to prove. My condelences to your son.

You know, I have a good group of young friends from Silsbee, and the overall agreement seems to be that this young lady was easy before the incident, easier during the incident, and EASIEST now that mommy and daddy are trying to protect her good name. This is a waste of the tax payers money....