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26 Feb, 2015

Pleads not guilty

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Jones pleads not guilty to charges of rape and sodomy. Jones is charged with assaulting two women, who were able to identify him as the assailant. Jones’s attorney, Scott Cox:

We believe this gentleman is innocent and he’s been falsely accused, and he’s going to be found not guilty. We understand there’s video potentially in the hallway of the building where this allegedly occurred; also video out in the parking lot. We believe those videos will be exculpatory to Mr. Jones.

2 Sep, 2014

Deletes twitter account over rape comments

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Green deletes his Twitter account after he posts tweets relating to a recent court case where he pleaded no contest to supplying ecstasy to a woman.

People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!! and If someone is passed out they’re not even WITH you consciously! so WITH Implies consent.

Later he tweets:

Let me 1st praise god for exoneration fairness & freedom! Secondly I sincerely apologize for my comments being taken so far out of context. I only intended on a healthy exchange to help heal those who love me from the pain I had already caused from this. Please forgive me as it was your support that got me thru this to begin with. I’d never condone the harm of any women. Thank you.

26 Jul, 2014

Concert attendee charged with rape

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18 year old Sean Murphy, of Boston, pleads not guilty to a rape charge filed after concert attendees told officers that they saw a possible assault on the venue’s lawn at Urban’s concert in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Onlookers recorded the scene on their cellphone cameras. Murphy says that the act was consensual. The presumed victim, an 18 year old female, tells the  individual who intervened that the act was against her will. Police:

Officers conducting the investigation were assisted by patrons that had been concerned and took photos and video of the assault on their cellular phones. Those phones are being processed to recover the digital evidence of the assault.

19 Jul, 2014

Faster Horses Festival rape

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A 25-year-old woman claims that she was attacked by three men,when she was separated from her friends after leaving McGraw’s July 18th show that was held at the Faster Horses Festival. The incident reportedly occurred in the parking lot of the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Police say that the rape was reported at 12:10 a.m:

She was attacked in the dark near the parking area, and there didn’t happen to be anyone around in that parking area. She was taken to Allegiance (Health) where they checked for injuries, and a rape kit was done and sent to the Michigan State Police lab to check for DNA.