Their records will be sealed when they turn 18. 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. But Saratoga school officials would not make that link, publicly denying that Audries suicide had anything to do with events that occurred at the school. She was extremely angry that an image was captured and it was being disseminated. SFGate.com reported that Allard described the document as 'a revolting attempt to deflect responsibility away from his clients. Among her last words were, You have no idea what its like to be a girl.. Finally, how do you instill in impulse-driven teens of both sexes the knowledge that whatever they record on their phones and send can reach the entire world and stay public forever? No one from the school contacted the family, though. Pott, a popular student, was harassed and cyberbullied by peers who saw and commented on the photos. On September 12, 2012, she killed herself by hanging. Years later, talking about the incident . Bill wrote anal above her ass with an arrow pointing down. And they dont want them to think theyre not cool.. Audrie Taylor Pott (May 27, 1997 September 12, 2012)[1] was a 15-year-old student at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California, who died by suicide. They eventually guzzled a bottle of tequila that Saras parents kept in their own cabinet. The 15-year-old had . But Sheila couldnt pry the cause of the academic struggles out of her daughter. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. 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. ', She replied: 'It's gonna get out. S*** always does. Then Amanda told her she had seen a group of boys huddled around Joe and his phone and assumed they were looking at pictures of Audrie on the night of the party. ET. In court documents filed by attorney Philip Pereira on behalf of one of Pott's unnamed attackers, the boy claims that Lawrence and Sheila Pott failed to act on the girl's 'long-standing and serious emotional problems before her suicide and they should have sought professional help.'. And the bodies most frequently watched and passed around are female. In interviews with police later, they admitted, to varying degrees, coloring half of her face black, then pulling down her bra, taking off her shorts and drawing scribbles, lines and circles on her breasts and nipples. Allard, the parents' attorney, reacted angrily to the assertions. I fucked up and I cant do anything to fix it. Not only had she been sexually assaulted after drinking too much at a house party, her familys lawyers say, but pictures of her naked during the attack were being shared online. She grabbed the first thing she could find to jimmy the lock the tiny metal rod at the end of her phones earplug and jammed it into the doorknob. In police interviews, the teenagers admitted to coloring half of her face black with marker, then pulling down her bra, taking off her shorts and drawing on her breasts and near her genitals. . She found it among the flowers at the memorial. If you feel disrespected, the office staff doesnt do much to help you, Hayes says. Most disturbing is the attempt to link (Audries) suicide to the specific actions of these three boys. 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 could sue The New York Times for invading my privacy or Rolling Stone for defaming me, Andrews says. The failure to prosecute that case was a key factor in the downfall of former District Attorney Dolores Carr. When Sheila pulled up in her car later that Monday afternoon on September 10th, 2012, Audrie jumped in but remained silent on the short drive home. Trump Melts Down Over Murdoch Admitting Fox Lied About Election Fraud There are those who think the boys involved should be severely punished and whose anger has sometimes reached vigilante-threat proportions. That afternoon, she locked herself in her bathroom for a long time, and then huddled with her computer in her bedroom. 'This case is and will always be about the tragic consequences associated with sexual assault and cyber bullying.'. When my daughter was in high school, girls were taking pictures of themselves topless, and of course that goes around, says Kellinger. The Mandalorian Season Three Gets Off to a Disappointing Start Pictures of the assault were posted online, accompanying bullying. This can mean rape victims get more justice than in years past. They photographed themselves sexually assaulting her and, by the time she started her sophomore year at Saratoga High School two days later, scores of students had seen the images. 3 of 15 4 of 15 Photo of Audrie Pott provided by the Pott family. To cope with the shock of Audries death, Saratoga students arranged a memorial day on which everyone was supposed to wear teal, Audries favorite color. A year later, its almost impossible to gauge exactly how far the pictures of Audrie got and how many people saw them. 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. "I swear to god if u still have those pictures ill kill you (sic)" she writes to one. The boys also started to draw . The Saratoga Falcon student newspaper reported approximately 10 students saw an image of her defiled body. 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. April 15, 2013 12 AM PT. With Saratoga High in communication-lockdown mode because of the threat of a lawsuit, and administrators refusing to speak even to the community, parents are on their own as far as what they are supposed to do or say to their kids. They cant not. 12 talking about this. Her friends were appalled. The Idol: How HBOs Next Euphoria Became Twisted Torture Porn Couple find note in chimney that reveals their 290,000 house was 100 times cheaper 50 years ago. Joe and Ron remained at Saratoga. She went out the following weekend and joined a posse of girls, even stopping in at the home of one of the three boys who had allegedly abused her the weekend before. Because of their ages and status as minors at the time of the incident, the three teenagers were not at first publicly identified. She stumbled into the bathroom and ferociously scrubbed away the ink on her face. Bill had a reputation as a troublemaker, while Ron was more of a sweet guy. She loosened up. On campus and around Saratoga on Friday, dozens of students declined to talk about whether they knew anything about what happened to Audrie. Shockingly, one of the boys convicted of assaulting Pott is claiming that the girl's parents share some of the blame in their daughter's tragic death. 'I swear to god if u still have those pictures illl killl u [sic],' she wrote to one of her alleged attackers in the days after the party. She refused to eat in public. She was engaged in a frantic attempt to discover what had happened to her body. After the party, where Pott drank alcohol-laced Gatorade, the teen woke up without her shorts on and with mocking comments written in marker all over her body. 'How much can business take?' Friends said that Pott struggled with body issues, and was self-conscious of her body, only eating when no one else was around. There have been a number of high-profile cases similar to Audrie Potts across the U.S. and Canada in recent years. 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. (Supplied)Triple j's Veronica & Lewis spoke with the co-director of Audrie and Daisy, San Francisco-based filmmaker Bonni Cohen.She explained that Daisy, like Audrie, had attempted . She called me to come get her, and I was surprised because it was earlier than usual, Sheila recalls. 'I promise it wasn't me.'. It is uncertain whether they will be tried as adults. That night, several friends from around the area were drinking heavily at the house and attendees said they saw Potts downing shot after shot. O n the last day of her life, Audrie Pott walked through a crucible of teenage torment. 'ur fine,' he responded. The images did indeed spread through the Bay Area high school, though it is unclear who initially sent them out. As part of the terms of settlement, two of the boys were required to verbally apologize in open court, admit again to the sexual assault, admit to their role in the death of Audrie Pott, agree to being filmed in a documentary, pay a combined $950,000, support the petition for an honorary diploma for Audrie Pott, and give ten presentations on sexual assault and sexting. She had problems like any other high-schooler. Back in her room, Audrie wasnt so nonchalant. Sheriff's officials arrested three 16-year-old boys Thursday on suspicion of sexual battery against Audrie Pott, who committed suicide in September, eight days after the party. 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. A sign at Saratoga High School in support of Audrie Pott. Sometimes, she loosened up a lot. The three unidentified goons admitted to "digitally penetrating" Audrie Pott, 15, and having photos of her in Santa Clara County Juvenile Court in September, anonymous sources told the San . I dont know why they would think it would be OK.. Adding another layer of tragedy to Audrie Potts death is that virtually the same thing had happened in the town three years earlier. A wrongful-death lawsuit they brought against two Saratoga, Calif., high school boys who . Sheila Pott, wipes her eyes standing in front of a photograph of her daughter Audrie Pott, who . They were friends.. 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. A few kids had brought some bottles of liquor rum stolen from Safeway, vodka bought for them by an adult at a liquor store. 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. In Louisville, Kentucky, in 2011, Savannah Dietrich, 16, got drunk, passed out and woke up to later learn two male acquaintances had stripped and sexually abused her, capturing the action on their phones and then sharing the pictures with pals. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP). ', Hayes decided some of her fellow students misunderstand rape. They had left their teenage daughter at home. A year before the Labor Day assault, Audrie went to school officials saying she had been bullied by boys, Vasquez said, although he would not say whether the incidents involved the same group of teens. With no assault, with no cyberbullying, Audrie is in art class right now, Larry Pott said at the April news conference, choking back tears. Trending is inaccurate, said a statement jointly issued by the teens lawyers in April. September 17, 2013. When I speak to students, I tell boys that if a young woman isnt of age, she isnt capable of giving informed consent, and if shes drunk or high, theres no informed consent. Delete it. Sheila Pott poses with a portrait of her daughter Audrie in Los Altos, Calif., ON May 23, 2013. In 2009, Jill Naber, a freshman at Saratogas sister school, Los Gatos High School, committed suicide. (AP), Pott responded: "it's gonna get out. A curvaceous sophomore at Saratoga . Industry chief demands planned corporation tax hike from 19 to 25% in this Ukrainian soldier takes out five Russian tanks and three armoured vehicles in ONE DAY using US-supplied Sources: 3 teens admit to sexually assaulting Audrie Pott, Do not sell or share my personal information. In September 2012, Pott went to party with 10 other teenagers who were mostly drunk. You need to come back to reality, Kathy told her. 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. In Nova Scotia, Rehtaeh Parsons, 17, was taken off life support and died this April, three days after her mother discovered her hanging in the bathroom of their Halifax home. They want the boys to like them, says Amanda. . 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.. 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. Savannah gathered evidence and went to the police herself. Saratoga, Calif. A few days after Audrie Pott killed herself, while her baffled parents were grieving and students across the Saratoga High School campus wore her favorite color, teal, in h [10], Three teenage boys admitted in juvenile court to sexually assaulting and possessing photos of Audrie Pott, both felonies. Audrie was invited to a party on September 3, 2012, which included many other teenagers, along with having alcoholic beverages available. She had been sexually assaulted at a party eight days earlier by three 16-year-old boys she knew, and pictures of her were posted online with . He released a statement reading: 'The sole issue in this case is the callous behavior of the suspects which directly led to Audrie's unnecessary death. "I have a reputation for a night I don't even remember, and the whole school knows," Pott wrote to a friend in a message on Facebook days before she took her own life. Attorneys representing the boys have claimed that their clients had nothing to do with Audries suicide and work to portray Audrie as a desperate, troubled young woman. She knew them pretty well. I had a conversation, a week before Audrie committed suicide, with my son. In math class, one of Audries friends teased her about the wounds. Her friend, identified only as Jane C., also helped her into the room, but could have left after. Flinging the door open, she confronted a sight now permanently etched in her memory. During her freshman year, she ate lunch in her mothers car, rather than with the other students. It certainly wasnt her intellect Audrie attended summer school for the class she had failed and got As. 'My life is overI ruined my life and I don't even remember how,' Audrie said to a classmate in the days following the incident. . And I now have a reputation I can never get rid of., Writing to another boy on Facebook, she said, My life is over. Sara 15, pretty, slim and blond and Audrie had become close that summer and were exploring a new realm of boys, bottles and small parties, preferably at parent-free houses, that the Saratoga kids call kickbacks.. Show More Show Less 5 of 15. Audrie lived in the Silicon Valley suburb of Saratoga, California. Edgewood Center for Children and . In the week since school had started, girls had been giving her looks, and guys had congregated around phones, smirking. Police found new pictures of other nude teen girls on some of their phones, prompting them to add on new charges in July. 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. Counseling & Support Services for Youth (CASSY): 408-493-5289 (general number), 855-278-4204 (crisis) LGSUHSD anonymous hotline: submit online or 800-782-7463. It all started a week before. She then pleaded with the boys to delete the photos. Do you know how people view me now? An art teacher organized a girls-leadership group to facilitate discussion among girls about self-respect. 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 . '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 other was sentenced to 45 consecutive days. She told friends she had cut herself on a vase. 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. At lunchtime, Audrie texted her mom at work: Mom, please pick me up. Sheila Pott, a mortgage-loan officer, asked why and whether Audrie couldnt wait for her to finish a business meeting. The family of Audrie Pott, a California teenager who allegedly was raped and then committed suicide in September, intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit, the family's lawyer told reporters . . Once she was drunk, she was dragged up the stairs and into a bedroom. In the little dry cleaners, boutiques, delis and coffee shops along Saratogas curving main street, Big Basin Way, and in the mansions up on the purple, piney mountainsides that shade the town long before sunset, two camps formed. She was so different than how I knew her to be. She would eat an orange at lunch and then wait for dinner. We are extremely saddened about what happened to Audrie, he says. 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 . [11], A civil case filed by Pott's parents, to decide if the boys were responsible for her death, was originally set to go to forward to trial in April 2015,[12] but reached settlement before then. JOE: Fucking Henry AUDRIE: i dont remeber anything about that. This newspaper is declining to name the suspects because they are juveniles. Because we were sober, we noticed everything that was going on, and they didnt know what they were doing., Sara seemed so trashed when she greeted them at the door that Kathy doesnt think her classmate even recognized her. AUDRIE: he said no but I think its BS SAM: ur fine. The couple had been out of town and had left their house to the care of their teenage daughter. Teenagers using technology to sexually harass and bully others is a phenomenon that has been made shockingly effortless by the advent of new technology. When she drank, the self-consciousness that had afflicted her since junior high melted away. Pott's family has declined to comment on the criminal case, but appear to be outraged by the anonymity the boy's get to enjoy. "What they did is disgusting.". Audrie Taylor Pott [1] was a 15-year-old student at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California, who died by suicide. (Audrie Pott Foundation via Facebook). Healthy mother-of-two, 32, collapsed and died from brain bleed while she led fitness bounce class, Taking Vitamin D each day could cut your chances of getting dementia, study claims. The girl who lived at the house threw the party when her parents left town. The popular cheerleader hanged herself after a topless selfie circulated. 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