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A man was set free after allegedly raping a woman who had such severe cerebral palsy that she cannot speak.
Richard Fourtin was released from jail after his appeal was approved because the judges felt that even though she is extremely handicapped, she could have tried to make him stop sexually assaulting her by kicking or biting him.
The verdict sparked outrage as now victim’s rights advocates fear it sets a dangerous precedent by setting the bar extremely high for disabled individuals who try to press charges after sexual assault.
At the time of the attack in late 2005, Fourtin was dating the victim’s mother. The name of the victim, who was 26-year-old at the time, has never been released and was referred to in court using only her initials L.K.
The woman is so physically restricted by her cerebral palsy, she can only communicate using her right index finger. She has mental retardation and NBC Connecticut reports that she has the ‘intellectual functualy equivalent of a 3-year-old’.
WTH ?
A man was set free after allegedly raping a woman who had such severe cerebral palsy that she cannot speak.
Richard Fourtin was released from jail after his appeal was approved because the judges felt that even though she is extremely handicapped, she could have tried to make him stop sexually assaulting her by kicking or biting him.
The verdict sparked outrage as now victim’s rights advocates fear it sets a dangerous precedent by setting the bar extremely high for disabled individuals who try to press charges after sexual assault.
At the time of the attack in late 2005, Fourtin was dating the victim’s mother. The name of the victim, who was 26-year-old at the time, has never been released and was referred to in court using only her initials L.K.
The woman is so physically restricted by her cerebral palsy, she can only communicate using her right index finger. She has mental retardation and NBC Connecticut reports that she has the ‘intellectual functualy equivalent of a 3-year-old’.
WTH ?