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She faced the defendant forced hmm on her. the defense says there was no sex and the encounter was consensua consensual. jason, she faced a lot of questions. >> a lot of questions, and theres a lot of gray area in this. what this essentially will come down to is who do jurors believe? the accuser or the defendant? the accuser says she felt like something had been taken away from her. she told jurors she tried to stop what happened, but despite that she initially felt that everything that happene...

So today the court heard from the accuser this series of e-mail exchanges about setting a time when the two could meet. the accuser said that she declined the first invitation from the defendant. she was asked why she declined so politely. she said, well, the invitation was to climb the stairs of a math and science building. she replied, according to testimony, i would like to climb those stairs with you, but no, thanks. she was asked why she said she would like to that she didnt, and she said s...

Her to meet with him, with a plan that he was going to have sex with her. >> larry: . >> reporter: labrie is pleading not guilty to having raped her, further denying that they had sex days before his graduation last year. >> this was not a consensual act. >> reporter: the prosecutor revealing that a nurse on served an abrasion on the accusers genital area which she says, quote, is consistent with sexual assault. its a tradition known as the senior salute, a competition described as male seniors ...

Asking us all in this business to be respectful. and after that, there were meetings in chambers with the defense and the prosecution. we are not sure what the meetings were about, but they went on for some time, and court only began at 9:33, which is about half an hour after they said that it would. >> what can we expect, do you think, today? >> the accuser has taken the stand for the second day, as you said, and things began as she described the e-mail exchange that she had with the accuser. t...

>> thank you for being with me cht appreciate your time, sir. we now go to concord, new hampshire where the second day of testimony in the st. paul school rape trial has just begun. a 16-year-old accuser is on the stand again today, a victim facing her rapist in court yesterday. good morning. court got off to a slow start this morning. what was the delay? >> morning, jose. there were a number of things happening this morning. there was, first of all, about half an hour before court was schedul...

The defense attorney is wondering why it is that the accuser told labrie before the event that she would only agree to do it if it was their little secret. he was asking why it is that she would ask that if in fact -- if in fact she would later -- why it is rather that shed later -- later had a problem with what occurred if she originally asked they keep it secret. the defense says this e-mail exchange shows she was a willing participate. in the meantime the prosecution says that all of this occ...

Accuser was a willing participant and now the accuser is being questioned by the defense attorney about this school tradition and we can expect that she will later be questioned about these e-mail exchanges. in the meantime, this is all casting the school itself as you say an elite boarding school here in concord in a very uncomfortable light. the school put out a statement saying that allegations about what happened that night in may 2014 are not emblematic of the schools values or culture and ...

Rather, the young woman, the woman who was then 15 and is now 16, is continuing her testimony and has become very emotional. and frankly, its hard to listen to. the prosecutor yesterday warned the court that this would be hard to listen to, and that is because she is talking about the intimate details of the allegations, of what she says happened that night between her and mr. libris. when they were on the rooftop of a math and sciences building of the st. pauls campus, she said she finally rele...

Uncomfortable day. and tomorrow were due for what will probably be yet another uncomfortable day. it is no doubt even harder for her and her family. members of her family are in court and they are watching as she describes what are basically the intimate details of what she says happened that night. in may of 2014 only two days before the defendant owin labrie graduated from st. pauls here in concord. the two of them she says climbed the steps of a math and science building, took in a view of th...

Act. >> the prosecutor revealing that a nurse observed an aberration on the accusers genital area which she says are consistent with a sexual assault. the encounter occurred, both sides agree, as part of a decades-old tradition at st. pauls known as the senior salute, a competition as male seniors try to wrack up sexual encounters with younger female students. not all senior salutes were sexual. even reading messages in court that the accuser was a willing participant. only if its our little sec...