Rape Ruled Out in High-Profile Sex Case
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Three high school athletes who had sex with a retarded 17-year-old girl wrongly took advantage of her, but that does not constitute forcible sex, a state appeals court ruled. The court overturned three men’s convictions on the charge of sexual assault by force or coercion, while leaving in place other charges involving sex with a “mentally defective person.†The girl was penetrated with a baseball bat, broom handle and stick by the boys.
