1 00:00:03,370 --> 00:00:04,686 Hey! Welcome back to 20 Minutes Or Less, 2 00:00:04,686 --> 00:00:05,718 my name is Elliot Morgan, 3 00:00:05,718 --> 00:00:06,747 I'm Trisha Hershberger. 4 00:00:06,747 --> 00:00:09,754 So 17 year old Savannah Dietrich was sexually assaulted in 2011 5 00:00:09,754 --> 00:00:12,307 by 2 boys after she passed out from drinking at a party. 6 00:00:12,307 --> 00:00:13,923 Months after the party she learned that those 2 boys 7 00:00:13,923 --> 00:00:16,221 had taken pictures and shared them with people. 8 00:00:16,221 --> 00:00:18,829 Then news of the assault spread around her Louisville high school. 9 00:00:18,829 --> 00:00:20,124 Last month the boys who attacked her struck a plea deal. 10 00:00:21,470 --> 00:00:25,476 They plead guilty and were charged with felony sexual abuse and misdemeanor voyeurism. 11 00:00:25,476 --> 00:00:27,359 Dietrich felt this was not an appropriate punishment 12 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:30,226 and that it amounted to a "slap on the wrist". 13 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,997 Then the court added an order for the victim herself: 14 00:00:32,997 --> 00:00:35,071 don't talk about it, or go to freakin' jail. 15 00:00:35,071 --> 00:00:37,379 Because nothing sends a better message to victims of sexual assault 16 00:00:37,379 --> 00:00:39,152 than telling them not to talk about it. 17 00:00:39,152 --> 00:00:41,563 When Savannah heard this, she cried, logged onto Twitter and tweeted: 18 00:00:41,563 --> 00:00:43,075 "There you go, lock me up." 19 00:00:43,075 --> 00:00:45,504 And then proceeded to give the names of the little worthless pieces of trash, 20 00:00:45,504 --> 00:00:47,012 and then finished the tweet up with: 21 00:00:47,012 --> 00:00:49,799 "I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living hell." 22 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:53,381 She immediately violated the stipulation that she not say anything. 23 00:00:53,381 --> 00:00:55,789 The attacker's attorneys then asked a Jefferson District court judge 24 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:59,280 to hold Dietrich in contempt for lashing out on Twitter. 25 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:02,762 She could face up to 100 days in jail and a $500 fine if convicted. 26 00:01:02,762 --> 00:01:03,794 So to summarize: 27 00:01:03,794 --> 00:01:06,263 the boys who violated this girl got to have it both ways. 28 00:01:06,263 --> 00:01:09,600 They were able to make what they did public to whoever they wanted to know, 29 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:12,199 and then they were able to tell a court to keep it quiet. 30 00:01:12,199 --> 00:01:14,026 Dietrich stated on a note on her Facebook wall: 31 00:01:14,026 --> 00:01:19,361 "If reporting a rape only got me to the point that I'm not allowed to talk about it, then I regret it. I regret reporting it." 32 00:01:19,361 --> 00:01:21,974 But, one good thing that has come out of this 33 00:01:21,974 --> 00:01:24,559 is that Savannah recently opened her Facebook page to the public, 34 00:01:24,559 --> 00:01:29,192 allowing hundreds of random friend requests from people offering financial support 35 00:01:29,192 --> 00:01:30,323 and petitions in her cause. 36 00:01:30,323 --> 00:01:31,804 And with her Facebook page and Twitter account, 37 00:01:31,804 --> 00:01:35,434 Savannah Dietrich gets to control what people see of her, for once. 38 00:01:35,434 --> 00:01:36,720 It's ironic that technology, 39 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,221 which helped humiliate her previously, 40 00:01:38,221 --> 00:01:40,347 is now allowing her to put her best foot forward. 41 00:01:40,347 --> 00:01:43,745 The judge behind the ruling is named Judge Deana "Dee" McDonald. 42 00:01:43,745 --> 00:01:45,435 The defense attorneys for her rapists are 43 00:01:45,435 --> 00:01:47,873 Chris Klein and David Mejia. 44 00:01:47,873 --> 00:01:50,215 Oh! And her rapists, the boys who decided to violate this girl 45 00:01:50,215 --> 00:01:51,892 and spread that violation throughout her highschool, 46 00:01:51,892 --> 00:01:53,081 potentially ruining her youth, 47 00:01:53,081 --> 00:01:54,652 their names are Will Frey 48 00:01:54,652 --> 00:01:56,982 and uh I'll spell this for you if you want to write it down, 49 00:01:56,982 --> 00:01:58,319 that's Will, like Will, 50 00:01:58,319 --> 00:01:59,228 and then Frey. 51 00:01:59,228 --> 00:02:00,275 F. R. E. Y. 52 00:02:00,275 --> 00:02:02,705 And the other rapist is Austin Zehnder, 53 00:02:02,705 --> 00:02:03,988 that's Z.E.H.N.D.E.R. 54 00:02:03,988 --> 00:02:06,121 Please do not share this information or let anyone know 55 00:02:06,121 --> 00:02:09,636 that there are two rapists in Kentucky named Will Frey and Austin Zehnder. 56 00:02:09,636 --> 00:02:11,717 Because Judge Deana McDonald doesn't want you to. 57 00:02:11,717 --> 00:02:14,097 Nor do their lawyers David Mejia and Chris Klein. 58 00:02:14,097 --> 00:02:15,465 That's David Majia and Chris Klein, 59 00:02:15,465 --> 00:02:16,539 uh, Will Frey 60 00:02:16,539 --> 00:02:17,134 Austin Zehnder 61 00:02:17,134 --> 00:02:18,074 Austin Zehnder 62 00:02:18,074 --> 00:02:18,956 and Will Frey 63 00:02:18,956 --> 00:02:19,587 Perfect! 64 00:02:19,587 --> 00:02:21,424 Now of course there are two sides to every story. 65 00:02:21,424 --> 00:02:25,638 For example, Will Frey and Austin Zehnder "allegedly" raped Savannah Dietrich. 66 00:02:25,638 --> 00:02:27,386 Oh! Wait. Sorry. No. 67 00:02:27,386 --> 00:02:30,634 They plead guilty, so yeah, they definitely raped her. 68 00:02:30,634 --> 00:02:33,481 The thing is it's important that we protect the identities of Will Frey and Austin Zehnder, 69 00:02:33,481 --> 00:02:36,654 because, like, this could look really bad for Will Frey and Austin Zehnder. 70 00:02:36,654 --> 00:02:38,190 Like, real bad. 71 00:02:38,190 --> 00:02:40,052 Cuz they're rapists. 72 00:02:40,052 --> 00:02:41,359 It's insane to me that a court system 73 00:02:41,359 --> 00:02:44,139 would allow a victim of sexual assault to be silenced. 74 00:02:44,139 --> 00:02:45,439 That's counter to justice, 75 00:02:45,439 --> 00:02:47,590 I mean, that's counter to common sense! 76 00:02:47,590 --> 00:02:51,002 Apparently Judge Deana McDonald isn't aware of the thing called the internet, 77 00:02:51,002 --> 00:02:55,588 where names like Will Frey and Austin Zehnder can be spread very very quickly. 78 00:02:55,588 --> 00:02:58,151 I would call the judge and defense attorneys behind these actions disgusting, 79 00:02:58,151 --> 00:03:00,341 but that wouldn't be an appropriate enough word. 80 00:03:00,341 --> 00:03:01,465 So I'll use these words: 81 00:03:01,465 --> 00:03:02,886 WILL FREY AND AUSTIN ZEHNDER. 82 00:03:02,886 --> 00:03:05,803 Look, bottom line, in a world where half of rape victims don't say a word, 83 00:03:05,803 --> 00:03:08,771 we have a justice system that's encouraging girls to keep their mouth shut, 84 00:03:08,771 --> 00:03:09,835 at least one specific girl. 85 00:03:09,835 --> 00:03:13,337 That's completely counter to what we need to have happen in this country. 86 00:03:13,337 --> 00:03:15,467 It's beyond offensive, it's freakin' wrong. 87 00:03:15,467 --> 00:03:18,225 So tell us what you think of Will Frey and Austin Zehnder, 88 00:03:18,225 --> 00:03:19,827 Judge Deana McDonald 89 00:03:19,827 --> 00:03:21,751 and defense attorneys Chris Klein and David Majia 90 00:03:21,751 --> 00:03:22,859 in the comments down below. 91 00:03:22,859 --> 00:03:23,956 Like, subscribe, click the annotation... 92 00:03:23,956 --> 00:03:24,863 I'm Elliot Morgan 93 00:03:24,863 --> 00:03:25,520 I'm Trisha Hershberger 94 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:27,568 This is SourceFed, bye!