"I swear to god if u still have those pictures ill kill you (sic)" she writes to one. Audrie Pott: took her own life after allegedly being abused at a party. It is uncertain whether they will be tried as adults. Three days after her last online cry of despair, she was dead. That night, Audrie again confronted Joe on Facebook, accusing him of sharing the photos. Bill had a reputation as a troublemaker, while Ron was more of a sweet guy. 189 Followers, 23 Following, 5 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Audrie Pott (@audriepot) Most, she says, dont make the local news or even reach school administrators because the girls are too embarrassed to do anything. Much of what has been reported. The actor was in his 20s at the time, and it wasn't long before he captured many people's attention with his incredible acting skills. Since then, she has spoken at high schools and middle schools around the U.S., and estimates she has talked to a million kids about rape. A Pott family member in a nearby town heard the rumors of the police investigation from a student and called Larry the night of Sunday, September 16th, urging him not to cremate his daughters body which was scheduled for the next day because a crime might have occurred. With Audrie still sprawled out on the bed and unresponsive, the boys allegedly fingered her and took pictures on their phones. It was hard for her to hear that from a close friend.'. Not for the "stupid price" of $150 an acre foot. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP). She knew them pretty well. But on September 13th, Kathy went to talk to school administrators and describe what she knew about the party at Saras house and how kids at school had pictures of Audrie. [13], A documentary film titled Audrie & Daisy, about the sexual assaults and social media bullying of Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016. I dont know why they would think it would be OK.. Audrie Taylor Pott (May 27, 1997 - September 12, 2012) was a 15-year-old student at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California, who died by suicide. The bravado to think what were they thinking? Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said in an interview Friday. Joe and Ron remained at Saratoga. 'Since this lawsuit was filed, it has become quite clear to us that the suspects refuse to accept responsibility or show remorse for their actions.'. Audrie Pott Foundation. April 15, 2013 12 AM PT. Audrie Pott, a student at Saratoga High School in Silicon Valley, hanged herself in her bathroom on Sept. 10, 2012, only a week after passing out drunk at a party where she said boys she had known for years took off her clothes, sexually assaulted her and took images of the attack on their phones. I now have a reputation I can never get rid of. She told her mother she was spending the night with a friend. They dont respect personal-space boundaries.. Find Audrie Pott stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Allard, the parents' attorney, reacted angrily to the assertions. The three teenage boys who authorities say drove 15-year-old Audrie Pott to hang herself in . Audrie Pott had no memory of what happened the night of the assault, but she heard rumors about it, and rumors that pictures of her naked body were everywhere. Delete it. Sheila Pott, wipes her eyes standing in front of a photograph of her daughter Audrie Pott, who . . 3. If something does happen, the girls feel you have to deal with it on your own. She had been sexually assaulted at a party eight days earlier by three 16-year-old boys she knew, and nude pictures of her were posted online with accompanying bullying. Rape stats may be no higher than in years past, but the numbers are as shocking as ever. 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The student-newspaper editor Sam Liu said there is a lot of sympathy for the Potts, but also tons of rumors that Audrie had family problems that provoked her suicide. Bills parents soon took him out of Saratoga High and enrolled him in a school in another city, where he was allowed to play football. Audrie Pott was a 15-year-old student at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California who committed suicide on September 12, 2012. And I thought she was drunk. And She made out with two boys. She was drunk and Im sure she liked it. Audrie Pott AP Photo/Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard (CBS/AP) SAN JOSE, Calif. - Authorities arrested three 16-year-old boys Thursday on charges that they sexually assaulted a 15 . She had problems like any other high-schooler. Two of the three received 30-day sentences to be served on weekends. September 17, 2013. When Sheila drove Audrie to Saras, she assumed the girls would be spending the evening in their jammies in front of the television, or giggling over ice cream and Facebook. According to Audries friends, one of the three boys eventually arrested for the assault, Joe, was a leader of the teasing pack in middle school and especially sadistic. According to the San Jose Mercury News, a tentative settlement has been reached with Michael and Sheila Penuen, the owners of the house where the party took place. Sheila knocked and knocked again. She would eat an orange at lunch and then wait for dinner. Then she looked down and saw drawings all over her body, even near her genital area. 'As much as we strongly disagree with and are actively attempting to change the lenient privacy laws afforded to juveniles, even when they commit as here heinous acts on an unconscious minor, we cannot publicly comment on any aspect of any criminal proceedings involving these young men,' Robert Allard, an attorney for Lawrence and Sheila Pott - Audrie's parents - said in a statement to SFGate. The law is still in the writing stages, though, and the local legislator hasnt even introduced it. She punched one boy and ran, and then endured 20 to 30 harassing texts a day for months. ', On top of that, for the past few years, Audrie had a particularly tortured relationship with her body. Heartbroken: Larry Pott and Audrie's stepmother Lisa believe that the bullying at school led to the tragedy. Divorced parents is not something unique. Jun. At dinnertime, Sheila stood beside her and noticed a green strip of ink on her daughters cleavage. California prosecutors are limited by a statute requiring a sexual assault committed by a minor age 14 and over to be forcible in order to directly qualify for adult court. A sexual assault on an unconscious victim is not considered forcible. After admitting to the attack - during which the three teens 'digitally penetrated' the young girl - the boys each were sentenced to serve 30 to 45 days in a juvenile detention facility. . The foundation says they hope to one day have the resources to stop cyberbullying. One of my best friends hates me. The family has also filed a suit against the Saratoga High School District, alleging that educators did not do enough to prevent the cyberbullying they claim led to their daughter's death. The Northern California girl committed suicide last year after the alleged rape, and news outlets have said that the photos of the assault were widely distributed in . The friends parents were out of town for the weekend, he said, and the teens had access to an unlocked liquor cabinet. In the wake of Audries death, Saratoga police agreed with school administrators to wait until the following week, September 17th, to initiate an investigation to allow students, friends and staff to mourn and grieve.. Thoughts from Audrie Pott are written on paper in her home in Saratoga, Calif. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP). When she got drunk at a party one night, they stripped her, raped her, drew all over her naked body with markers, and then triumphantly shared the pictures. There were some girls that sent pictures to any guys that asked. A boy identified as "Sam" assures her, "ur fine ill make sure nothing goes around (sic). The Audrie Pott Foundation was also created by Pott's father, mother and stepmother, giving scholarships to students in the Bay Area hoping to pursue art and music. At left, Larry Pott holds a photograph of his daughter Audrie Pott, with his wife Lisa Pott, in Audrie's bedroom, at the Pott's home in Saratoga, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. But I couldnt sue and get my picture off a website called sluttyseventhgraders.com.. [10], Three teenage boys admitted in juvenile court to sexually assaulting and possessing photos of Audrie Pott, both felonies. Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud Sexting Shame & Suicide Illustration by Jesse Lenz. Counseling & Support Services for Youth (CASSY): 408-493-5289 (general number), 855-278-4204 (crisis) LGSUHSD anonymous hotline: submit online or 800-782-7463. Photos of Audrie Pott being raped by three of her classmates never went "viral" at the high school, students at the school are now saying. I could sue The New York Times for invading my privacy or Rolling Stone for defaming me, Andrews says. A curvaceous sophomore at Saratoga High School, dressed in the cool-girls uniform of a low-cut top and supershort skirt, she looked the same as always, but inside she was quivering with humiliation. ", "With no assault, with no cyberbullying, Audrie is in art class right now," he said. Show More Show Less 5 of 15. Copyright 2023 Penske Business Media, LLC. She loosened up. Bill wrote anal above her ass with an arrow pointing down. Throughout the evening, she became more and more desperate, her agitation and the callousness of her friends evident in Facebook transcripts. This photo is . Audrie Pott was 15 when she was sexually assaulted at a party, also in 2012, and had crude words drawn on her body with marker pen. The lawsuit against the teen claims that Pott woke up disoriented and afraid the next morning, covered in marker and lewd writing around her genitals. [7] Three 16-year-old boys whom she knew eventually pleaded guilty to and served time in juvenile hall for the sexual assault. Loss: Audrie Pott, 15, killed herself last year after she was allegedly sexually assaulted at a party. An adult monitor handed her a dress-code violation her skirt was too short even though all the girls in her class dressed that way and monitors rarely objected. Eventually, 11 kids showed up, many of them to sip vodka and Gatorade cocktails. According to her mother, the teen got drunk at a party in 2011 and was gang-raped by four boys, who snapped a picture of the scene and posted it online. The parents of Audrie Pott, a 15-year-old Saratoga girl who killed herself after she was allegedly sexually assaulted at a party last year, added a new female defendant to a suit they filed in San . They eventually guzzled a bottle of tequila that Saras parents kept in their own cabinet. I ruined my life and I dont even remember how.. You need to come back to reality, Kathy told her. A counselor came in, a young woman, and actually said to Audrie, Get a different group of friends. Only one parent of the accused boys returned a call to Rolling Stone. ', Another male classmate responded: 'lol that s*** gets around haha everyone knows mostly everything hahaah.'. This can mean rape victims get more justice than in years past. SAN JOSE, Calif. . SARATOGA When Audrie Pott woke up in her friend's house the morning of Sept. 2, after an apparent night of heavy drinking, she found herself undressed and her body covered in marker-drawn . And she remembered the green ink shed noticed around her daughters cleavage, weird markings that Audrie had refused to explain. [9], In April 2013, three sixteen-year-old boys were arrested in northern California on suspicion of sexual battery to Pott. Apr 16, 2013, 8:17 AM. (AP), Pott responded: "it's gonna get out. How much punishment can they mete out to boys, who in many cases are only a year or two removed from childhood, who seem to think they are committing pranks with phones and passed-out girls, and for whom the ultimate charge rape means the end of their lives before they start? This story is from the September 26th, 2013 issue of Rolling Stone. We are hopeful that everyone understands that these boys, none of whom have ever been in trouble with the law, are to be regarded as innocent., The lawyer representing the Pott family on Friday said, however, that there was nothing else so distressing in her life that would cause her to kill herself. Taken when Pott was drunk and unconscious at a friend's party, the photos depicted Pott as her so-called "friends" had left her: Drawn and written all over with permanent markers, after being sexually assaulted by three classmates. Superdirty. People falling over, walking around. Larry Pott said in an emotional press conference last April that the boys' actions were nothing short of "disgusting. She said it was the boys she had known who assaulted her and, in addition to this, took images of the assault using their phones and share them vie text, emails and, finally, social networking websites, namely, Facebook. Audrie wrote that the whole school knows. This is a mean group of kids, Sheila recalls one teacher telling her. She was extremely angry that an image was captured and it was being disseminated. Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman never knew each other. On September 12, 2012, she killed herself by hanging. Sheila Pott rushed to check her daughters cellphone, emails, texts and Facebook page. April 15, 2013 -- The parents of Audrie Pott, the California teen who hanged herself days after an alleged sexual assault, implored any students who might have seen a photo of the incident . It was a prank by a few kids, and its blown out of proportion. Something about the silence pushed a panic button inside her. In the aftermath of that tragedy, Los Gatos took steps to address the issue by launching counseling and educational outreach services for the problems teens run into with sexual images and technology. Three or more teenagers sexually assaulted Pott there. She stumbled into the bathroom and ferociously scrubbed away the ink on her face. By the time police arrived to interview students, word had already started to spread through campus and students were sharing rumors about who was getting hauled into an administrative office and why. Audrie had a lot of other problems in her life, and everybody in Saratoga knows that., Its a sentiment shared by many parents around town. One senior says that he knew from casual conversation that a clique of friends had passed around the pictures. Sometimes, she loosened up a lot. The case is especially significant to South Bay authorities, who were criticized for not filing charges in 2007 against members of the De Anza College baseball team accused of gang-raping an extremely intoxicated teenage girl at a house party in San Jose. Associated Press. Pott went to Saratoga High School, pictured. Whats very clear to me from this Pott case, and other cases around the country, is that for raped or sexually assaulted young girls, its one thing that people are gossiping about you in school, but when you add images that they can keep forwarding, it really can seem like the whole world knows.. None of boys are named because they are juveniles involved in an open legal investigation. The students who talked to Rolling Stone were much like the parents divided into two factions about the boys relative guilt. She refused to eat in public. Its a perfect storm of technology and hormones, says lawyer Lori Andrews, director of the Institute for Science, Law and Technology in Chicago. She cut chemistry to avoid talking to Kathy. The 15-year-old had . There have been a number of high-profile cases similar to Audrie Potts across the U.S. and Canada in recent years. A wrongful-death lawsuit they brought against two Saratoga, Calif., high school boys who . Amanda couldnt give her any clues, other than to say shed seemed very bombed. In the pale-peach bathroom, with its shell-shaped sink, gold fixtures and narrow bathtub, her only child was dangling from a belt attached to the shower head, mascara streaking her face. They cant not. Back in her room, Audrie wasnt so nonchalant. At some point Audrie went to a bedroom and fell asleep. On April 11th, seven months after Audries suicide, the Santa Clara County sheriff arrested the three boys on charges of misdemeanor sexual battery, felony possession of child pornography and felony sexual penetration. One Saratoga mother of a teen boy and girl, Selena Kellinger, says shes talking to both her kids about the issue. She had been sexually assaulted at a party eight days earlier by three 16-year-old boys she knew, and nude pictures of her were posted online with accompanying bullying. The digital photos spread like wildfire among students at Saratoga and at least one image was posted on the Internet, Allard said. 1 A continental record of the Carnian Pluvial Episode CPE from the Mercia Mudstone 1 Group UK: palynology and climatic implications 2 3 VIKTRIA BARANYI1*, CHARLOTTE S. Thoughts from Audrie Pott are written on paper in her home in Saratoga, Calif. writer Nina Burleigh reveals in a powerful piece in Rolling Stone, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. In that casewhich gained national attention in part because of the way social media took center stagefootball players Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond, both minors, were found guilty of rape. By Maria L. La Ganga and Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times. A year after a popular California student was bullied and humiliated to the point that she took her own life, new details have emerged, helping to piece together the tragic timeline of events as a means of understanding why the beautiful, bright 15-year-old would commit suicide, writer Nina Burleigh reveals in a powerful piece in Rolling Stone. When they got to their ranch-style home, where they had been living alone together since Sheila had split with her boyfriend the year before, Audrie retreated to her bedroom, with its Audrey Hepburn poster and silk-upholstered window seat. These boys are not bad boys! says the mother of a friend of one of the boys at the party. [6] A few kids had stolen rum, and an adult had bought them vodka at a liquor shop. World; Girl 'encouraged' gang rape of Audrie Pott who committed suicide. On the last day of her life, Audrie Pott walked through a crucible of teenage torment. If you feel disrespected, the office staff doesnt do much to help you, Hayes says. On campus and around Saratoga on Friday, dozens of students declined to talk about whether they knew anything about what happened to Audrie. With no assault, with no cyberbullying, Audrie is in art class right now, Larry Pott said at the April news conference, choking back tears. Lisa says she was a disciplinarian who put a tracking app on Audries phone and wouldnt let her miss school, whereas her mother was more lenient. She was humiliated that everybody at the school would find out and she wanted answers from people at the party about what happened.. Three area attorneys representing the boys issued a statement in April saying in part that it was "disturbing" to link Pott's suicide to the three boys. A shocking tale of sexual assault in the Digital Age, Behind the Scenes: On the Hunt for the Real Ghislaine Maxwell, With Jeffrey Epstein Dead, the Search Is on for Alleged Recruiter Ghislaine Maxwell, Alex MurdaughCalled 'Family Annihilator' by Prosecution in Murder Trial, Fresh Controversy for Ja Morant as NBA Star Is Accused of Assaulting Teen, Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe Review: A Candy-Coated Balm for the Soul, NYPD's Violent Tactics During 2020 Protests Will Cost New York City, Tax Payers Millions, People Are Getting Pregnant on TikToks Trendy 'On-Demand' Birth Control, A Year After Brain Injury, Amy Grant Sets First Solo Musical Return in a Decade, Jena Malone Says She Was Sexually Assaulted by 'Hunger Games' Coworker. Pott, a popular student, was harassed and cyberbullied by peers who saw and commented on the photos. New details of events leading up to last September's suicide of Audrie Pott, 15, allegedly assaulted while passed out drunk during a party at a friend's home near San Jose emerged as the girl's parents spoke publicly for the first time about her death and filed suit against the three boys accused in the attack. They restarted Audries heart, but it was too late. In the days that followed, Pott was forced to endure torment at the hands of her alleged bullies, trying to piece together why she woke up without clothes on and covered in marker. One Town's War on Gay Teens, On Labor Day weekend of the new school year, Audries friend, lets call her Sara (many of the kids names in this story have been changed to protect their identities), said her parents were away, leaving their white cottage-style house with its long green lawn in her care. She had started to drink a little and had dated a slightly older guy. ", Pott went to Saratoga High School, pictured. It certainly wasnt her intellect Audrie attended summer school for the class she had failed and got As. This was not Steubenville. Audrie started to cry. The boys are just so stupid. Police found new pictures of other nude teen girls on some of their phones, prompting them to add on new charges in July. The comments below have been moderated in advance. A sign at Saratoga High School in support of Audrie Pott. Audrie had considered those boys her friends. In another, she speaks with another of the alleged assaulters. They think its funny writing on a girls vagina. Her parents split before she was five, and Larry Pott, an entrepreneur who ran a commerical-security business, married a younger Canadian woman, became a Jehovahs Witness and had three more children. Then three boys shed known since middle school Bill, Joe and Ron and one of their friends, Mary, helped her upstairs into a bedroom (the names of these four have been changed because of the boys status in a juvenile case). Audrie Taylor Pott (May 27, 1997 - September 12, 2012) was a 15-year-old student at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California, who died by suicide.She had been sexually assaulted at a party eight days earlier by three 16-year-old boys she knew, and nude pictures of her were posted online with accompanying bullying.. On September 30, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Audrie's .
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