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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is highly unlikely that this is the whole story if there was an arrest and the young man was expelled from his college.

Is there a link to a news article about this story?
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That's because this story isn't real. OP wanted to do a PSA on teaching teens about consent etc, but that was boring so she decided to post  a cautionary tale of a friend  like an 80s afterschool special.[/quote]

Well, that is a possibility. If it is true, I would think a case like this would be in the news, especially since there was an arrest and it seems to present a controversial set of facts. 
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This story is in the news in that state.  I can't put all details because it would identify him and unfortunately due to social media, the victim.  Because when I searched for his arrest record, I was easily able to find the victims name mentioned along with his in some social media posts.  That part really upset me.  Young people need to learn boundaries on social media!  Posting things like, "did you hear that @FriendsSon and @Victim broke up cuz he got arrested for rape."  There's NO reason why their friends needed to comment anything about the incident on Twitter.  If my kid Tweeted or Retweeted something that identified the victim in a crime, I'd be irate regardless of their age.    [/quote]

I really do not want the details because I think that on this thread we are talking about hypothetical situations and what could happen.

As far as the folks talking about this on social media.  It sounds as though this was more of a scandal then an actual crime (I'm assuming charges were dropped) and folks do like to gossip...[/quote]

I'm confused. If the story is already in the news, how does providing a link to the story identify the defendant? He either is or isn't already identified in the news story.

I just think it is easier to respond to a story that has facts from a news source. No offense to the OP, who is repeating what he or she was told by the mother of the young man involved in the story, but I'd like to see how the story is being told by an objective news source. 
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