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>> reporter: well, we think this afternoon that the accuser may finally take the stand, craig. a 16-year-old girl who, interestingly, claims she doesnt really know or remember what happened to her during the night in question. there have been other witnesses who have testified that they saw the two defendants, trent mays and malik richmond, sexually assault this girl on two separate occasions in the back seat of a car and on the basement floor at a private home during a night of alcohol-fueled p...

>> sure. >> to have a 16-year-old girl on the stand talking about these things, her, the faces of the jury and the two accusers. take us inside the courtroom. whats it like? >> its such a good question. these are minors. the girl is 16. one of the defendants is 16. another is 17, don. the alleged victim was shown a picture on the stand -- a naked picture of herself that she had never seen before today. she saw it and she broke down and started crying. she was asked, have you ever seen it. shed n...

Steubenville, ohio. mike, did it get dramatic inside the courtroom? >> it certainly did, arthel. so far the girl told the court that she was scared and embarrassed when she woke up the morning after the alleged sexual assault. mostly because she was naked and didnt know how she got that way. there were boys in the room. the court got into text messages sent between the accuser and one of the defendants, trent mays, in which he wrote, i should be thanked for taking care of you. he also wrote that...

Of young people drinking lots of alcohol, going from place to place, no adult supervision. the entire evening has cast a very dark and unfortunate shadow on this town and on this community. while these defendants are on trial, there are a lot of other people, young people, who participated that night in various things that they probably are not very proud of. also, prosecutors have presented literally 10 to thousands of text messages going back and forth between the participants at the parties. ...

Charged with rape and kidnapping. the kidnapping charges were later dropped. and in an ok pretrial hearing, one witness testified he video taped mays assaulting the alleged victim in the backseat of a car while on route between partparties. but the witness says he deleted it from his phone. another testified to seeing richmond assault her in a basement while she was naked and unmoving on the floor. and this, the condition of the accuser, was the main question before the judge in the jefferson ...

Girl is incapable of affirmatively consenting to anything. with me at the table are sarlena maxwell, michael skolnick, the co-president of global grind.com. don mcphearson, and erin carmone, a journalist and commentator and staff writer. first, i want to go to ft. lauderdale, florida, where were joined by a prosecutor, the supervisor of the sex crimes and child abuse unit of floridas state attorneys office. stacy, thanks thanks so much for being here. >> its my pleasure. thanks for having me. >>...

Sexual assaulted by two high school football players. nbcs ron allen is in steubenville, ohio, with the latest in this trial. so its a saturday. its a busy day there. lets get to the latest and when the accuser might take the stand, ron. >> reporter: very soon is the short answer. we expect that to happen today. youre right, some of the cases preceded out of the order because its a weekend, because its a visiting judge here who was called in to preside over this case to eliminate any appearance ...

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Sounds like a good idea. to steubenville, ohio, on an unusual saturday session. the defense began calling witnesses this morning after graphic testimony yesterday by three teenagers who were in the room when two high school football players allegedly sexual assaulted a teenage girl. it is unclear when the accuser, who is the key and final state witness, will testify. lets go to weather. were only a few days from spring, but winter doesnt seem to be quitting in places because today north dako...