The Ohio football stars charged with raping a 16-year-old girl in a night of degradation and humiliation have been found guilty.  In emotional courtroom scenes, both defendants Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, wept uncontrollably as Judge Thomas Lipps handed down his verdict, describing their actions as ‘profane and ugly.’

As Mays and Richmond were comforted by their attorneys and their families sobbed, prosecutor Marianne Hemmeter pressed for a stern sentencing reminding the judge: ‘They showed absolutely no regard for what happened to the victim.

In the case of Mays once the information got  out, there was a very conscious decision to turn it on her. Today, as both Steubenville High  School  students faced the reality of the consequences of what happened  that August  night last year, their remorse appeared overwhelming.

Both have been sentence to a minimum of one  year in a juvenile detention institution with the maximum stay of until they are  21.

 

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