Genarlow Wilson was charged with rape, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, aggravated sodomy and aggravated child molestation. He and five buddies videotaped their "party" on New Year's Eve with two young girls - one of whom was 17 and "semi-conscious" (according to the Georgia Court of Appeals) and another who was 15 and a minor.
This was not two star-crossed lovers on a date. Wilson engaged in intercourse with the 17-year-old after she was passed out drunk and high on drugs and encouraged the others to join him. She accused the young men of rape and has never recanted. Sex with a semi-conscious female who cannot grant consent is rape - even if she earlier granted it consensually. She also was locked in the bathroom in between the sex acts and this resulted in a "false imprisonment" conviction for one of the men. Later, all but one of them received oral sex from the minor. This is against the law in Georgia because a minor is not deemed capable of consenting to such an act.
There were six men with 40 prior arrests among them in a hotel room with a semi-conscious girl and a minor. They were consuming illegal drugs and alcohol underage. They weren't choirboys. One of the men impregnated a 12-year-old while awaiting trial and has since been convicted of statutory rape. Five of the six men pled guilty to the lesser charge of child molestation instead of aggravated child molestation. All are serving time.
BUMP.
These thugs are lucky to be alive. If one of these girls had a real father...
Except he was acquitted by a Georgia jury of rape, so it isn't rape. If you want to try and convict him for raping the 17 year old, you're welcome to do your best, but don't get him for consensual sex with someone almost his own age. That's not fair.
“One of the men impregnated a 12-year-old while awaiting trial”
Make this horses ass turn large rocks into small ones, while on prime time TV, 24x7. Make him an example.
I know, never happen, but it would....if I were The President.