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Accuser said as she was being cross-examined that she said that because she wanted to move past the incident. keep in mind, her whole family was on campus. her sister is also a student on st. pauls. it was her graduation so her whole family was there. we heard from another nurse yesterday who take the rape kit from her four days after the incident and then next week were set to hear from owen labrie himself. >> but the important part of this is owen labrie says intercourse never took place yet s...

>> you could sort of see that and the defense will likely argue it was a secret until people found out and then she felt guilty about it and decided i got to tell people it was forcible and i didnt consent to it because my morality and honor is at stake. >> i have seen that happen before but they did a rape kit and there was dna that was revealed and the data that will hurt the defendant is we didnt have sexual intercourse, it is a result of dry -- >> sexual contact he describes it but not inter...

Graduation. >> she was meeting them,a hurry to meet up with them for graduation. >> she also didnt tell the nurse about any trauma or physical marks on her and the nurse said in court she didnt see any on her. she also didnt tell the nurse when she asked who the person was she had the sexual encounter with. >> was it the same nurse who said these are abrasions that could be consistent with sexual offense, effectively? thats my paraphrasing? >> were still working to clarify that. she went to her ...

Guilty of a misdemeanor. >> statutory rape. because theyre so close in age its not a felony anymore. >> what she is saying there is i felt like i had no control. she is trying to allege it was almost a forcible rape. it doesnt necessarily mean there was a knife to her throat but she felt she had no choice, she was put in some sort of position where she couldnt say no. >> how does a jury decide a case like this? he said, she said. >> emotion. emotion and sympathy on both sides. >> beyond a reason...

Evolution over the last 40 years. i dare say theres been an evolution over the last 20. >> over the last five you could make an argument. we had spousal rape statutes that permitted spousal rape up until not too long ago. you would be shocked how recent that was. to say theres been a sea change in the law of sexual assault is an understatement. >> statistically speaking, im going to get you to answer this as the guy who takes the clients to look for a defense. its an entirely different thing to ...

So i really couldnt expect them to believe me, but i did move forward with filing the report. and the rape kit. >> she certainly didnt know where she had been brutalized. she didnt know what city. she didnt know the identity of the assailants. the police didnt have enough to even -- even launch a detailed investigation. and the report was filed away. and nothing else happened. >> i was working my patrol, and michaelle came up to me, and she proceeded to tell me about all the things that she had ...

So i really couldnt expect them to believe me, but i did move forward with filing the report. and the rape kit. >> she certainly didnt know where she had been brutalized. she didnt know what city. she didnt know the identity of the assailants. the police didnt have enough to even, even launch a detailed investigation. and the report was filed away. and nothing else happened. >> i was working my patrol, and michaelle came up to me, and she proceeded to tell me about all of the things that she had...

To believe me, but i did move forward with filing the report, and the rape kit. >> she certainly didnt know where she had been brutalized. she didnt know what city. she didnt know the identity of the assailants. the police didnt have enough to even -- to even launch a detailed investigation. and the report was filed away. and nothing else happened. >> i was working my patrol, and michelle came up to me, and she proceeded to tell me about all of the things that she had experienced in the last wee...

So i really couldnt expect them to believe me. but i did move forward with filing the report and the rape kit. >> she certainly didnt know where she had been brutalized. she didnt know what city. she didnt know the identity of the assailants. the police didnt have enough to even launch a detailed investigation and by the way, nothing else happened. >> i went in the patrol room and michelle came up to me and proceeded to tell me about all the things she had experienced in the last week. i had to ...

Said. i was a known prostitute, feeding my drug addiction. so i really couldnt expect them to believe me, but i did move forward with filing the report. and the rape kit. >> she certainly didnt know where she had been brutalized. she didnt know what city. she didnt know the identity of the assailants. the police didnt have enough to even, even launch a detailed investigation. and the report was filed away. and nothing else happened. >> i was working my patrol, and michelle came up to me, and she...