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>> thank you blp [ bleep ]. i have nothing further. the defense calls zachary newman. >> okay. >> may i approach? zack, ive placed up there at the witness stand exhibit number 15. can you flip through the pages to the last page. based on those messages, did you agree to meet [ bleep ] after school? >> yes, i did. >> how did you feel about setting up that meeting? >> i was a little nervous, i guess, because it was our first time hanging outside of school. >> where did you meet? >> at her aunts ho...

Of you she might have felt pressured by you? >> she might have but i didnt mean to pressure her at all. >> what did you think when you left? >> that we would continue talking and everything was going to be okay. ten days later the cops showed up at my house. >> you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. >> they put me in the holding cell for about three hours. i was nervous and didnt really know what was going on. >> you think it was...

A detective pulled us into his office and told us what zack was being accused of and arrested for. i immediately started trying. i broke down. >> how much prison or jail time is he facing potentially? >> it could be up to 40 years in prison and lifetime prejudiregi the sex offender list. never in my wildest dreams did i think this would ever happen to one of my kids. >> for much of zacks life carey raised him as a single mom. as a kid zack struggled with bullying and depression. but things start...

A person over 16 to have sexual intercourse with a person under 16 years old. you will hear that that is exactly what happened here. i will ask that you find him guilty because i will have proved that [ bleep ] was under the age of 16 at the time that this happened and that the defendant has sexual intercourse with her. >> thank you. counsel. >> in his opening statement travis refer to a string of texts between zack and the alleged victim. >> the evidence will show that zack asked her, you sure ...

Assault and that zack did not commit a crime. i respectfully ask for a not guilty verdict in this very serious matter. thank you. >> various witnesses are called to the stand, including the alleged victims mother. to protect her and her daughters identity, were blurring their faces and altering vary voices. >> i asked everything, how old he was, how she knew him, how she met him. she told me who he was, that he was a senior in high school. and then i called the police station hysterically crying...

Had sex zack left to meet friends at the homecoming parade. >> are you serious? >> so what have you been charged with? >> second degree sexual assault. of a child. >> and when you heard that, how did you feel? >> my heart -- i still think this is all just a nightmare. >> when police came knocking, zack was home alone and waived his right to an attorney. an officer questioned him for ten minutes before booking him into milwaukees county jail where zack was finally allowed to call him mother, care...

>> zacks defense attorney had attempted to negotiate a plea to reduce zacks charge from a felony to a misdemeanor but the state prosecutor refused. the night before zacks case goes to trial, travis prepares zack and his mother carey for what to expect. >> probably the first or second question the prosecutor is going to ask you is, zack, you had sex with [ bleep ] didnt you. and what is your answer to that? >> yes. >> and because thats the truth, right? >> yes. >> remember one of the things that ...

Guys on the team, were well known from pep rallies and games. >> like a lot of teens, zack had big plans, going to college with a sports scholarship, then joining the military. but five months ago at the start of his senior year, zacks future took a detour when he began exchanging texts with a schoolmate, a 14-year-old freshman girl. did you guys ever interact in person? >> it was mostly on snapchat but we would say hi to each other in the halls and then we kept talking from there. >> how did yo...

>> did he make you feel afraid of him, that you felt like you had to go along? >> kind of. hes kind of a forceful person. kind of pressures and pressures until you finally do something. >> i do feel for her. you know, she was a freshman, he was a popular senior. she didnt want to upset this popular boy. i mean these two barely even interacted in person. and then there they were having sex. so you know, its not a black and white case. but the big question is does zack deserve to possibly go to pr...

Offender. the report also revealed zack is struggling with depression and anxiety, a development that has his mother carey on edge. how has all of this affected zack, as far as youve been able to tell? >> right now hes suffering inside. he wont tell me but i know he is. ive gotten calls from the school, hell break down, want to come home from school. he doesnt want to go to school. i want to tell zack that everything is going to be fine, you know, that youre going to be able to go into the milit...