Friends Sentenced for Taped Sex Assault of an unconscious teenage girl
Three defendants were charged with 15 felony counts of sexual assault. However, they were not just any defendants but … the son of a former Orange County assistant sheriff and two friends were each sentenced Friday to six years in prison for the videotaped sexual assault of an unconscious teenage girl.
The sentences came after the victim told the judge she had been violated “in every way possible” and urged the maximum penalty so her attackers could feel the same pain she did.
The video, which has not been made public, shows the nude victim being sexually assaulted on a pool table, prosecutors said.
“When did I become a piece of meat? How can anything human do the things that they did? They did things not even a savage animal would do,” the victim said.
In typical hideous defense attorney fashion, he claimed the following as a defense:
Defense attorneys argued at trial that the girl was a willing participant in a “weekend sexcapade” and was faking unconsciousness because she wanted to be a porn star.
However, the Judge Francisco Briseno stated,
“I look at each defendant as being equally culpable,” Judge Francisco Briseno said Friday. “This was with one intent, and that intent was to degrade the victim.”
(AP)
The victim told prosecutors she was pleased with the prison terms. She has filed a $26 million lawsuit against the defendants, Haidl’s parents and others.