"Rape Crew" in small town Ohio

[RedBlackAttack]

I agree with you about the coach. All the article does is bash him without providing a lick of evidence against him. Very sloppy journalism and extremely unfair to him and his coaching staff.

Not only him, but Jim Parks -- whom I also know -- is the guy who runs the Big Red fansite which was hacked by Anonymous. They accused him (as does that ridiculous "localleaks" article) of having child porn in his email and being somehow involved in the incident. They have accused him of paying the team to go places and rape girls just so he can be sent the pictures.

They've basically tried to ruin his life and there is zero evidence. They even released his email account to the public. There were no underage pictures and no proof of anything.

His only crime was that he owned a Big Red fan site, apparently. And, no one seems to care that this is going on to people who are completely uninvolved.

[Droid101]

Not only him, but Jim Parks -- whom I also know -- is the guy who runs the Big Red fansite which was hacked by Anonymous. They accused him (as does that ridiculous "localleaks" article) of having child porn in his email and being somehow involved in the incident. They have accused him of paying the team to go places and rape girls just so he can be sent the pictures.

They've basically tried to ruin his life and there is zero evidence. They even released his email account to the public. There were no underage pictures and no proof of anything.

His only crime was that he owned a Big Red fan site, apparently. And, no one seems to care that this is going on to people who are completely uninvolved.

They HAVE evidence. They hacked into his email account and saw the pictures that those kids were sending him.

You're the one with his head in the sand on that one.

[TheSilentKiller]

Hanlin did absolutely the correct thing. Her son attends the school and several of his friends were at this party where the alleged crimes took place. Therefore, she recused herself from situation and called in the state to take over. That was exactly the protocol which should have been followed.

I don't know exactly the statements you are referring to with Abdalla, so I can't respond directly to what you are accusing him of. However, I would never insinuate that Sheriff Fred is the sharpest tool in the shed, but it is a pretty massive leap to go from there to "he is involved in a massive, city-wide cover-up."

Especially since the kids were arrested immediately when the girl went to the cops. The big issue came because the girl waited three days between the alleged incident and her going to the police. Obviously, there is always going to be the chance of evidence lost when there is a 72-hour period between the incident and the reporting of it.

I have yet to see a single, coherent description of exactly what was covered up. The people prosecuting the case are not from the area and they haven't even insinuated that such a cover-up is even suspected. This is all through shady online bloggers with zero evidence.

Accusing is a harsh word. I don't know for certain, but based on the stuff I have read/seen, it seems like Sheriff Abdella isn't being completely truthful. In this video, he makes a couple of iffy statements (saying that being at a crime and not reporting it isn't a crime itself, says the case isn't in his jurisdiction when it actually can be).

Looking back on the stuff with Hanlin, I actually tend to agree with you. I didn't take the time to really read into what the people were reporting and I took their words for fact. they really don't have any evidence on anything. So *sheepishly*, I take back what I said. At least at this point, it isn't fair to judge anything until more refutable evidence comes out.

[RedBlackAttack]

They HAVE evidence. They hacked into his email account and saw the pictures that those kids were sending him.

You're the one with his head in the sand on that one.

Completely false. The email account has already been published. The kids sent him no pictures. He received pictures from a girl who was clearly over the age of consent.... And she sent him the pictures, not some high school kid.

There is no question, at this point, that he was wrongfully implicated. In fact, the girl whose picture they pointed to as the "victim" from Louisville, Ohio, I actually know. She graduated from Big Red in the late-90s.

It is fascinating to me that people are just going to blindly believe this stuff. They said it... Must be true.

[Droid101]

Completely false. The email account has already been published. The kids sent him no pictures. He received pictures from a girl who was clearly over the age of consent.... And she sent him the pictures, not some high school kid.

There is no question, at this point, that he was wrongfully implicated. In fact, the girl whose picture they pointed to as the "victim" from Louisville, Ohio, I actually know. She graduated from Big Red in the late-90s.

It is fascinating to me that people are just going to blindly believe this stuff. They said it... Must be true.

You're the last person we can trust on this, really. The football culture invades everyone in small towns like that and leads them to defend stupid things and cover up worse ones.

See: Penn State.

Regarding Jim Parks:

At least one of the images discovered in James Parks E-Mail bore a striking resemblance to another rape victim Savannah Dietrich whose attack occurred in Louisville, Kentucky under similar circumstances as Steubenville.

[Myth]

And it shouldn't be. Unless you hate 99.9% of people with absolutely no involvement in any crime. Don't believe everything you read.

Where are the people in the town defending the victim?

People have stepped up to defend the football players, but nobody has stepped up in that town to the media to say that there are more important things than football. That is the part that makes me upset at the townsfolk.

[Droid101]

Where are the people in the town defending the victim?

People have stepped up to defend the football players, but nobody has stepped up in that town to say that there are more important things than football. That is the part that makes me upset at the townsfolk.

Bingo.

[9erempiree]

Where are the people in the town defending the victim?

People have stepped up to defend the football players, but nobody has stepped up in that town to say that there are more important things than football. That is the part that makes me upset at the townsfolk.

Basically this.

All Red and Attack did was defend the football program and city but has yet to feel remorse for the victim in this thread.

This is Penn State all over again and we need to get the Feds on this.

[Thorpesaurous]

^^^What evidence have you seen that a "whole town" is covering up an "awful secret," because I haven't seen any. This is exactly what I'm talking about.



Not a single piece of truth in any of those accusations. I know Fred Abdalla and it is literally comical that he's being portrayed as some master criminal. I would laugh if there weren't real people whom I know with their entire life's reputation on the line. Unfortunately, there is nothing funny about that.




Who are these "awe-inspiring" HS football players? The drunken buffoon in the video never played football in his life. The two guys arrested were sophomores and had never taken a single snap for Big Red and never will.

The amount of misinformation being served to the public is simply incredible.

I'm basing everything on that locallinks blogpost up in the original post. I hadn't heard anything about that to this point. I don't have audio at work, so I'm only posting on what I read.

And we sort of agree. I frankly can't believe the story being told in that blog. Like I said, it would seem like an almost comically large movie type coverup, like in Hostel. The only solid info in that story is the stuff that seems concrete, like the tweets, photos, and videos.

The accusations in that article about the sheriff are crazy. They allege that his brother is a massive drug importer to the region, and that he's a major bookmaker, but never provide any evidence. That's why I said I would like to see more connections with some of these people. The author is telling a story with this data thrown in and no evidence.

From the video shown, and the tweets, it's clear something bad happened that night. And simply from the video of the Ohio State kid, I have no problem with him being expelled from school based solely on that.

[9erempiree]

Let's hope the Sheriff is fired for not doing his job correctly.

Can't really do anything to the Coach Reno unless he knew about it and did nothing. Like Paterno.

Sad when some members of the team are the Rape Crew.

[RedBlackAttack]

You're the last person we can trust on this, really. The football culture invades everyone in small towns like that and leads them to defend stupid things and cover up worse ones.

See: Penn State.

Regarding Jim Parks:

So, you are just going to believe it? That's it. He's involved in a meticulous teenage raping ring and the evidence is a picture of a girl who looks very little like a girl in a town nowhere close to Steubenville who was apparently raped?

This is exactly the mindset I'm talking about. Go download his emails and I defy you to find anything remotely relating to any kind of rape ring in any of them. Or, you could just believe it because some anonymous person on the Internet said so.

It is absurd.

Where are the people in the town defending the victim?

People have stepped up to defend the football players, but nobody has stepped up in that town to the media to say that there are more important things than football. That is the part that makes me upset at the townsfolk.

The outrage immediately following the alleged incident (which happened six months ago) was palpable in the city. Much of the community -- myself included -- had nothing but condemnation about what was alleged and expressed a massive amount of sympathy for the girl.

My feelings haven't changed about the girl and the kids involved. What has changed is the narrative being exploited by the media. It is hard not to get defensive when people are essentially accusing you of being an accomplice to a rape.

This case is no longer strictly about the incident. It has become a hit-piece on an entire city, the majority of which had nothing to do with anything involving any of this stuff.

[9erempiree]

I'm just going to reserve judgement. Anonymous is a bunch of hackers, I think they are using this rape incident, as a way to try to take down an entire city.

That would be the "ultimate hack".

As for the Sheriff and Coach, there's no evidence that they are covering up. Basically a hacker said so. The hacker did right by retrieving those videos and tweets but he is using those hacked evidence as his credibility.

You can't really believe what he says just because he retrieved the evidence.

It's like returning a purse but keeping a credit card.

[heyhey]

RBA playing right to every stereotype/narrative about small town enablers right now.

no one fabricated those tweets.

[Myth]

The outrage immediately following the alleged incident (which happened six months ago) was palpable in the city. Much of the community -- myself included -- had nothing but condemnation about what was alleged and expressed a massive amount of sympathy for the girl.

My feelings haven't changed about the girl and the kids involved. What has changed is the narrative being exploited by the media. It is hard not to get defensive when people are essentially accusing you of being an accomplice to a rape.

This case is no longer strictly about the incident. It has become a hit-piece on an entire city, the majority of which had nothing to do with anything involving any of this stuff.

That makes sense. When I was stating that I disliked the people of the town, I wasn't accusing them of being accomplices. It was more the lack of support for the victim that I was hearing. I'd still like to see more of a voice of outrage on the part of supporters for the victim in the town in the media. I'm aware the media can manipulate that stuff, but with enough of a push, their voices can be heard, which would also bring more integrity to the town that feels their names are being dragged through the mud.

[RedBlackAttack]

RBA playing right to every stereotype/narrative about small town enablers right now.

no one fabricated those tweets.

The tweets were disgusting and I have nothing but rage toward those who issued them. If you want to talk about the specifics of the case or those involved, either directly by allegedly doing the deed or indirectly by talking about it on the Internet, I'm game... And I'm sure we will come to the same conclusions.

I can't describe to you the level of disdain I have for those kids.


What I'm responding to are these broad strokes being used on an entire community without an iota of proof to back-up claims of a city-wide cover-up. Obviously, I'm going to respond to that, because while I no longer live or work in the area, I still consider myself a member of that community and many of my loved ones (family and friends) live or are from there.

These accusations aren't just about some random place I've never heard of. I know the area intimately and I even know some of the people being wrongfully implicated. Of course I'm going to speak to that. It has nothing to do with football. This goes way beyond some kids playing a game on Friday night.