Prosecutors drop rape charges against a prominent high school football player

• 14-year-old ‘victim’ self-harmed and attempted suicide twice as a result of vicious victim-blaming
  
• ‘Accused’ Matthew Barnett, is the scion of a prominent political family in Maryville, Missouri
  
• Friends tweeted support for Barnett while ‘victim’ Daisy Coleman was abused by online bullies
• Missouri Lieutenant Governor on Wednesday called for a grand jury to review the case
  
• Mother, Melinda, says she and her family were driven out of town after intense local backlash that saw her lose her job
• The family’s home was later burned down
• Daisy left intoxicated and without socks or shoes on front lawn as temperatures plummeted to -22 degrees

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Missouri officials are facing a firestorm of criticism and social media attacks over renewed interest in a 2012 case in which prosecutors dropped sexual assault charges against a prominent high school football player arrested for allegedly raping a drunken 14-year-old cheerleader and having it recorded on video. Felony charges were also dropped against another 17-year-old senior in Maryville, Mo., who used a friend’s iPhone to record a video clip of the grandson of Rex Barnett, a powerful former Republican state representative, having sex with the girl. READ MORE HERE

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