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>> thank you blp [ bleep ]. i have nothing further. the defense calls zachary newman. >> okay. >> may i approach? zack, i've 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 aunt's house. >> during the time that you were with [ bleep ] that day, were you violent to her? >> no, i w...

Of you she might have felt pressured by you? >> she might have but i didn't 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 didn't really know what was going on. >> you think it was okay to have sex with a 14-year-old girl? >> ten days after their encounter the freshman girl tol...

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 zack's life carey raised him as a single mom. as a kid zack struggled with bullying and depression. but things started looking up two years ago when he changed schools, joined the cheer team and started dating >> di...

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 about today. [ bleep ] responded, if you want to. the text messages establish an agreement to do wha...

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 victim's mother. to protect her and her daughter's identity, we're 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 and told them that a senior had slept with my 14-year-old daughter and i just found out about it...