Concord, New Hampshire-a teenage girl says she was raped while at the New England elite boarding school and returned to the stands Wednesday with emotional testimony, describes how the roof of a campus building felt frozen and lost when it was accused of an attack last year.
"I feel that I am frozen," said the plaintiff . ".
"I feel very scared," she added . ".
"I don't know what happened.
I have never encountered such a situation.
"The day after she was on the witness stand, the girl continued to tell about the incident that led to the alleged attack.
She described through the occasional tear show that she was taken to the stairs of a math and science building where she claimed she was eventually sexually assaulted by a person under the age of 18. year-
Owen Labri, senior student.
The 19-year-old was accused of rape. 15 year-
The little girl two days before he graduated.
Paul's School in ConcordA once-
Under the constraints of Harvard University freshmen, Labrie is charged with several felony sexual offences, misdemeanor sexual assault, endangering the welfare of children, and soliciting or luring children under the age of 16 with computers.
He pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Prosecutors in the case said that the attack was part of the school's traditional "High Salute," in which members of the graduating class sought sexual assault with young students.
Labrie acknowledged the tradition in an interview with the police, although he said it was not an example of a "high salute.
Related: in the rape trial of the preparatory school, the plaintiff adopted the standard. The girl testified that labrie sent her a message through the school's email system, formally inviting her to go out with him for the night and build.
Initially, the girl said that she had rejected the "serious" invitation because she had linked it to the "high salute;
She said she accepted it after a peer later asked her to vouch for Labrie.
"I think he might send the exact same thing to many others," the girl said . ".
But the girl told the court that she finally agreed to meet with Labrie and she avoided the safety of the school when they walked into the building and upstairs.
"I'm excited to see something I 've never seen before," she told the court's promised point of view, adding that she was nervous about being caught.
The girl said she and Labri briefly stood on the roof and later, in an industrial zone.
She said that when Labri became too aggressive and bit her chest and forced herself to dress, the two began kissing and taking off some clothes.
When the girl tells intimate details of the encounter, she becomes emotional, and when her family looks from the reserved seat, she answers the prosecutor's question and tells the court, she didn't kick or scream when the encounter continued.
"I was not strong enough at that moment," the girl said . ".
She later said "no" three times to the court ".
"I don't know how I can make it clearer," she said . ".
While she was speaking, Labrie, wearing brown slip shoes and casual pants, sat on his yellow legal note, where he filled out the orderly arrangement of notes.
According to police documents, Labrie told the police that he had physical contact with the plaintiff, but he said he had no sexual intercourse.
Nevertheless, deputy attorney for merrymark county, Catherine Ralph, pressed the girl to exchange emails with Labrie after the incident, which Labrie called her an "angel ".
The girl read from a copy of the information displayed on the court projector that she told the court that she replied: "You are also an angel yourself, but would you mind leaving things for yourself this evening for the time being?
When asked why Labri was called an angel, the girl said she didn't want to upset him.
"It's like I'm sticking to the script he's provided," she said of his email . ".
"I think it's rude to ignore it, or it causes him to approach me again if I ignore it.
I'm afraid he's coming to me again.
The girl told the court on a subsequent Facebook that she asked Labrie if she was wearing a condom and he assured her that he was wearing a condom and asked if she had taken the pill.
Lawyer J. of larbury. W.
Carney has said the information shows that the girl is a willing participant.
In cross-examination on Wednesday, Carney challenged the plaintiff about the information, although the court was adjourned shortly thereafter.
Speaking briefly outside the court with reporters, Carney said the information was critical to the defense and added that Labri would testify.
"I think my client is the strongest evidence in this case," Carney said . ".
Earlier, Carney also submitted to the court a record of police interviews with girl friends.
According to Carney, the friend was quoted in the transcript as saying that the plaintiff had said before meeting with Labri that she would allow some sex.
The plaintiff said to the court, who was cross-examined, that she did not recall saying this. St.
Paul's boarding school is one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the country.
According to its website, the graduates include six senators or members of Congress, three presidential candidates and 13 U. S. senators. S.
Ambassadors, Nobel Prize winners and three Pulitzer Prize winners.
In a statement, St.
The allegations about campus culture do not reflect the values of the school, Paul said.
The school said: "The current allegations against our culture do not represent our school or our values, our rules, and people who represent our student groups, alumni, faculty and employees . "