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my name is Elliot Morgan,
I'm Trisha Hershberger.
So 17 year old Savannah Dietrich was sexually assaulted in 2011
by 2 boys after she passed out from drinking at a party.
Months after the party she learned that those 2 boys
had taken pictures and shared them with people.
Then news of the assault spread around her Louisville high school.
Last month the boys who attacked her struck a plea deal.
They plead guilty and were charged with felony sexual abuse and misdemeanor voyeurism.
Dietrich felt this was not an appropriate punishment
and that it amounted to a "slap on the wrist".
Then the court added an order for the victim herself:
don't talk about it, or go to freakin' jail.
Because nothing sends a better message to victims of sexual assault
than telling them not to talk about it.
When Savannah heard this, she cried, logged onto Twitter and tweeted:
"There you go, lock me up."
And then proceeded to give the names of the little worthless pieces of trash,
and then finished the tweet up with:
"I'm not protecting anyone that made my life a living hell."
She immediately violated the stipulation that she not say anything.
The attacker's attorneys then asked a Jefferson District court judge
to hold Dietrich in contempt for lashing out on Twitter.
She could face up to 100 days in jail and a $500 fine if convicted.
So to summarize:
the boys who violated this girl got to have it both ways.
They were able to make what they did public to whoever they wanted to know,
and then they were able to tell a court to keep it quiet.
Dietrich stated on a note on her Facebook wall:
"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."
But, one good thing that has come out of this
is that Savannah recently opened her Facebook page to the public,
allowing hundreds of random friend requests from people offering financial support
and petitions in her cause.
And with her Facebook page and Twitter account,
Savannah Dietrich gets to control what people see of her, for once.
It's ironic that technology,
which helped humiliate her previously,
is now allowing her to put her best foot forward.
The judge behind the ruling is named Judge Deana "Dee" McDonald.
The defense attorneys for her rapists are
Chris Klein and David Mejia.
Oh! And her rapists, the boys who decided to violate this girl
and spread that violation throughout her highschool,
potentially ruining her youth,
their names are Will Frey
and uh I'll spell this for you if you want to write it down,
that's Will, like Will,
and then Frey.
F. R. E. Y.
And the other rapist is Austin Zehnder,
that's Z.E.H.N.D.E.R.
Please do not share this information or let anyone know
that there are two rapists in Kentucky named Will Frey and Austin Zehnder.
Because Judge Deana McDonald doesn't want you to.
Nor do their lawyers David Mejia and Chris Klein.
That's David Majia and Chris Klein,
uh, Will Frey
Austin Zehnder
and Will Frey
Perfect!
Now of course there are two sides to every story.
For example, Will Frey and Austin Zehnder "allegedly" raped Savannah Dietrich.
Oh! Wait. Sorry. No.
They plead guilty, so yeah, they definitely raped her.
The thing is it's important that we protect the identities of Will Frey and Austin Zehnder,
because, like, this could look really bad for Will Frey and Austin Zehnder.
Like, real bad.
Cuz they're rapists.
It's insane to me that a court system
would allow a victim of sexual assault to be silenced.
That's counter to justice,
I mean, that's counter to common sense!
Apparently Judge Deana McDonald isn't aware of the thing called the internet,
where names like Will Frey and Austin Zehnder can be spread very very quickly.
I would call the judge and defense attorneys behind these actions disgusting,
but that wouldn't be an appropriate enough word.
So I'll use these words:
WILL FREY AND AUSTIN ZEHNDER.
Look, bottom line, in a world where half of rape victims don't say a word,
we have a justice system that's encouraging girls to keep their mouth shut,
at least one specific girl.
That's completely counter to what we need to have happen in this country.
It's beyond offensive, it's freakin' wrong.
So tell us what you think of Will Frey and Austin Zehnder,
Judge Deana McDonald
and defense attorneys Chris Klein and David Majia
in the comments down below.
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I'm Elliot Morgan
I'm Trisha Hershberger
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