Steubenville High School football stars Trenton Mays and Ma'lik Richmond are set to enter court today in their trial over the rape of a 16-year-old girl, but thanks to hackers uncovering videos, pictures, and cell phone voicemails it looks like the verdict could come quickly. Thanks to a this group of hackers apparently associated with the group "Anonymous" and Alexandra Goddard, who has been the "lead hacker" against these accused rapists, original pictures from the night in question have been released. Also, high school student Mike Nodianas' YouTube video full of graphic jokes about the victim as well as his voicemails were leaked to the public. This evidence came from the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube social media outlets.
Mstarz reported on the "Steubenville Rape Case" earlier this year. Here is an excerpt from the article that details the accusations and the case in general:
© 2024 Mstars News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.The case had initially divided the town, blaming the girl for making up allegations just to hurt the football team, however, with the video released authorities plan on using it as hard evidence. According to the New York Time, Nate Hubbard, 27, said "The rape was just an excuse, I think. What else are you going to tell your parents when you come home drunk like that and after a night like that?" He added, "She had to make up something. Now people are trying to blow up our football program because of it."
In the video, Nodianos laughs and compares the rape victim to being "deader" as Oj Simpson's wife, Caylee Anthony, JFK, and Trayvon Martin. Only one person in the video could be heard telling the laughing teen that it wasn't a laughing matter, "It is rape. They raped her." He added, "Like, this is not like funny... what if that was your daughter?" Nodianos responded, "But it isn't. If that was my daughter, I wouldn't care. I would just let her be dead. And is it really rape if you don't know if she wanted to or not? She might have wanted it. That might have been her final wish."
Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, both 16-year-old students at Steubenville High School face one charge of rape and one charge of kidnapping. Mays is also accused of taking graphic photos of the victim and posting them on Facebook. Photos of the victim being carried out from party to party were taken and had been posted online. Nodianos tweeted during the ordeal saying, "Some people deserve to be peed on" and he later also tweeted, "Song of the night is definitely Rape Me by Nirvana."
When the victim returned home, her parents found her discombobulated and took her to the hospital.