Sexual assault of Savannah Dietrich

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In August 2011, a female American high-school student named Savannah Dietrich was sexually assaulted by Will Frey and Austin Zehnder, lacrosse players from Trinity High School, an exclusive Catholic high school in Louisville, Kentucky. The assault was photographed by Frey and Zehnder and other observers, and images and comments from the incident went viral on the internet. In a plea bargain, two 16-year-old boys Frey and Zehnder pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in the first degree, a felony, and voyeurism, a misdemeanor. Dietrich released the names of her attackers and argued publicly that they were not adequately punished despite being instructed not to discuss the case by the presiding judge. International controversy regarding the case developed when attorneys for the boys attempted to have her held in contempt, but the motion was subsequently dropped. Afterwards, at the time of sentencing, the judge said that because of the "serious nature" of the crime, she would revise the punishment...

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