(Cleveland, Texas) Investigations are in progress on 19 black males accused of engaging in a series of sexual assaults on an 11-year-old Hispanic girl, the daughter of Mexican immigrants.
The investigation began in December, after one of the girl's friends told a teacher he had seen a lurid cell phone video that showed the girl being raped in an abandoned trailer. The case became public after arrests were made in February.Astonishingly, local residents in Cleveland (pop. 9,000) have suggested the girl shares culpability for the sexual assaults since she wore makeup and looked older. It's not clear how much makeup it takes to turn an 11-year-old into a female of legal age.
Authorities say the girl was assaulted on at least five occasions, sometimes by as many as seven or eight young men or boys at a time, from mid-September to early December in Cleveland, a small town about 45 miles northeast of Houston. Court proceedings are being held in the nearby town of Liberty, the county seat.
The suspects range in age from a middle-school student to a 27-year-old, and include two star athletes at the local high school as well as adults with criminal records.
Most of the adult suspects face charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child, while four face a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child.
Most of the suspects in the case have pleaded not guilty and are free on bond. The girl is in foster care.
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