An ongoing civil suit seeking damages against a prison guard and the
Terrebonne Parish juvenile detention facility in Louisiana where he
worked has sunk to a new low. Attorneys defending the Parish and
facility are actually making the argument that a 14-year-old girl is
responsible for being repeatedly raped by the prison guard in question.
ThinkProgress reports
that the emotionally traumatized now 20-year-old woman is suing the
facility and the Parish for not protecting her from former guard Angelo
Vickers, who is now serving a seven-year sentence for molestation.
In an effort to shield the Parish and facility from liability in the
case, lawyers are employing an outrageous argument. They claim the then
14-year-old girl wanted to be raped repeatedly by her 40-year-old prison
guard/rapist.
Needless to say, child advocates and victims advocates are outraged
that an attorney representing the local government would make such a
claim, even though
Louisiana law clearly states that anyone under the
age of 17 cannot consent to sex. This ‘blaming the victim’ strategy
resulted in child advocate and attorney, Carolyn McNabb, to
fire off a letter to attorney Alexander Crighton, asking him to strike the accusation from the court record and drop the defense tactic entirely.
This needs to be filed under the "You've got to be kidding me!!!"
heading. The comments of the readers somehow have made this all about
being a Republican/conservative problem, which I don't understand. I
think there are perverts and lawless men and women on both sides of the
political isle.
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