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Internet trolls mock and pose like teen rape victim in US

A girl (16) who says she was drugged and raped at a party in the US has been mocked on the intern...
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11.49 11 Jul 2014


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Internet trolls mock and pose like teen rape victim in US

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11.49 11 Jul 2014


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A girl (16) who says she was drugged and raped at a party in the US has been mocked on the internet by people posing how she appeared in pictures and video of the attack.

The online abuse started after the girl, named only as Jada, told KHOU 11 News that she only realised she had been assaulted when images of her semi-naked, unconscious body started appearing on social media.

In the interview, the teenager said she had waived her right to anonymity because she wanted justice.

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"There's no point in hiding" she said. "Everybody has already seen my face and body, but that's not what I am and who I am".

She added "I'm just angry".

However, shortly afterwards Twitter and Vine Users started posting videos and photos of people replicating the image of her after the alleged rape.

In a second interview with KHOU, Jada said "My friends are getting harassed, I'm getting harassed. We can't go out or nothing. It's very embarrassing".

The teenager said she was at a house party with a friend and was given a drink by the boy (16) hosting the event, which she believes was spiked with a drug. She said she passed out and had no idea what had followed until she saw the images of herself online.

Houston Police are investigating the alleged attack, while the online abuse mimicking her has been condemned by social media users as "sickening" and "disgusting".

One girl tweeted "Living in a generation that turns a serious crime such as rape into a joke just for laughs. You can laugh your way into hell".

Another wrote on Twitter "Mocking a rape victim and making internet memes of her rape is not funny at all".

One said "This...thing is sickening...Rape haunts a person for ever(sic). Those who mock are uneducated, selfish, attention seeking idiots".

Jada's mother, who did not want to be named, told KHOU "No one's daughter deserved this. No human being deserved this".


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