Family Gets Driven Out of Missouri Town After Daughter Gets Raped

[Megamel29]

http://gawker.com/family-gets-driven...590830/@callie

A horrifying story out of Missouri: A mother was run out of a small town after her daughter blacked out at a party filled with older high school athletes and was left, with clear marks of rape, on the front lawn of her home in freezing weather.

The Kansas City Star details how the small town of Maryville turned against a newly-arrived family after 14-year-old Daisy Coleman reported that an older athlete had sex with her while another older male videotaped, after she was given an alcoholic drink at a party that left her barely able to stand. Her friend, a 13-year-old, was also made to have non-consensual sex.

After a thorough investigation by the local police however, clearly implicating 17-year-old Matthew Barnett in the sexual assault, charges were inexplicably dropped by the prosecuting attorney. Barnett, coincidentally, is the grandson of a prominent former Missouri state representative.

Star reporter Dugan Arnett writes,

Sexual assault cases can be difficult to build because of factors such as a lack of physical evidence or inconsistent statements by witnesses. But by the time his department had concluded its investigation, Sheriff Darren White felt confident the office had put together a case that would “absolutely” result in prosecutions.

“Within four hours, we had obtained a search warrant for the house and executed that,” White told The Star. “We had all of the suspects in custody and had audio/video confessions.

“I would defy the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department to do what we did and get it wrapped up as nicely as we did in that amount of time.”
But no prosecutions ever came. The charges were dropped by the prosecuting attorney who didn't believe the evidence was strong enough. He dismissed any idea that political influence had anything to do with his decision.
In the meantime, the town had already begun to turn on the Coleman family. Threatening phone calls and online threats were directed at the family. Melinda Coleman had moved to the town with her four children after her husband, a physician, had died in a car accident. She was easily targeted by the community for being an outsider.
The parent of one of the teens at the Barnett house that night was the only one to comment briefly to The Star: “Our boys deserve an apology, and they haven’t gotten it yet.”

In a later interview, Rice [the prosecuting attorney] called it a case of “incorrigible teenagers” drinking alcohol and having sex. “They were doing what they wanted to do, and there weren’t any consequences. And it’s reprehensible. But is it criminal? No.”

Robert Sundell, who represented Barnett, echoed that sentiment: “Just because we don’t like the way teenagers act doesn’t necessarily make it a crime.”
After the charges were dropped, things just got worse for Melinda and Daisy Coleman. Daisy has struggled with depression and attempted suicide. Melinda had to move away from Maryville and back to the town she had lived in with her now-deceased husband. In April, the house in Maryville she still owned burned down under mysterious circumstances.
And Matthew Barnett, the young man accused by Coleman of raping her? He's attending the University of Central Missouri and apparently having a great time:
In a recent retweet, he expressed his views on women — and their desire for his sexual attentions — this way:

“If her name begins with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z, she wants the D."

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Photo of alleged rapist from his Facebook page.

[mcpronoun]

No means no right? If she was my daughter I would just find a gay man with a huge dick to do the same to them... eye for an eye... oh, and post that shit on youtube for all to see.

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by mpcronin

No means no right? If she was my daughter I would just find a gay man with a huge dick to do the same to them... eye for an eye... oh, and post that shit on youtube for all to see.

There's a post for Craigslist. Wanted: well endowed gay rapist. Needs own car. Video camera provided.

[ices]

Why were these teen girls, under the age of consent and drinking age at a party with athletes? These guys will fuck anything with a pair of tits for a laugh.

Bad parenting and a life lesson for these girls.

HOWEVER!

These fucks get away with real rape but girls/women who falsely accuse men of rape get them slammed up?

If you want sympathy for these things women, start checking your own house. The men will deal with these athletes in due time, you need to sort out the liars in your own midst.

[rapeWhistle]

Hard-dicked, scumbags can't get laid any better than by luring a coupla Junior Highschool girls to a party, getting em drunk, raping em, and dumping em in the snow?!
Real badass jocks, huh??

If i was this chicks older brother i'd get a group of friends together and hunt these two assholes down and shove a liquor bottle up both their asses after i got done stompin em till they couldn't move.

Then i'd sit down and have a long talk with my little sister whereby i'd find the nicest possible sugar-coated way to say,
"I fucking told you so!"
The brother told em those dudes was both shithead, poon-hounds and to stay away from em; but they couldn't sneak their tight little asses outta their Momma's house to go hang out with these guys fast enough!

The article i read off of a twitter re-tweet went into even MORE detail about what the family has been through prior to this... sounds like they've got more than their fair share of hard luck.

[Blewvane]

I've got mixed emotions about this. On one hand rape is rape, and should be punished to the full extent of the law. On the other hand you got 2 girls, 13 and 14 years old, attending a piss up for seniors and walking through the party like a pair of untouchables. It's like 2 chickens walking through a fox den, what did they think was going to happen?
As for being driven out of the town, also, what did they expect? Did she think her family was going to be accepted after causing trouble for the local star atheletes? Small town mentality, close knit community, and a family of blow ins threaten the future of the aspiring sport stars that could put their hick town on the map.
In short the girls had no business being there without adult supervision and shouldn't have been drinking at their age.

[Megamel29]

Originally Posted by Blewvane

I've got mixed emotions about this. On one hand rape is rape, and should be punished to the full extent of the law. On the other hand you got 2 girls, 13 and 14 years old, attending a piss up for seniors and walking through the party like a pair of untouchables. It's like 2 chickens walking through a fox den, what did they think was going to happen?
As for being driven out of the town, also, what did they expect? Did she think her family was going to be accepted after causing trouble for the local star atheletes? Small town mentality, close knit community, and a family of blow ins threaten the future of the aspiring sport stars that could put their hick town on the map.
In short the girls had no business being there without adult supervision and shouldn't have been drinking at their age.

Omg I'm so sick of victim blaming. Do you rape all underage girls you see? If not, then it makes no sense to blame the victim. They shouldn't have been drinking but last time I checked the punishment for underage drinking wasn't rape.

[rapeWhistle]

Originally Posted by Blewvane

I've got mixed emotions about this. On one hand rape is rape, and should be punished to the full extent of the law. On the other hand you got 2 girls, 13 and 14 years old, attending a piss up for seniors and walking through the party like a pair of untouchables. It's like 2 chickens walking through a fox den, what did they think was going to happen?
As for being driven out of the town, also, what did they expect? Did she think her family was going to be accepted after causing trouble for the local star atheletes? Small town mentality, close knit community, and a family of blow ins threaten the future of the aspiring sport stars that could put their hick town on the map.
In short the girls had no business being there without adult supervision and shouldn't have been drinking at their age.

Dude, these assholes fucked em and left one of em laying in the snow on the front lawn of her Mom's house.

Even if they were being little cock-teases; these scumbags intentionally got them in a near-anesthetic state, then took their clothes off and fucked them once they were too fucked-up to resist.
The Mom even had them over to the house as guests before to watch a game and fed them... how fucking sociopathic and predatory is THAT?!

I'm usually the 'what about the guy's side' on a lotta these kinda stories, but this one is pretty cut-and-dried.

[Xfactor]

This is the older one. They're just kids.

[ices]

Why are people so surprised?

Do you even understand the mentality of athletes in these situations? A lot of them do fucked up shit and this is one of those things.

Yes the girls dont deserve it but it is no environment for underage girls to be in. Women older than them get hooked, lined and dumped in these places and you expect a 14 year old girl to cope?

The parents should have known better, a child is their responsibility.