So there was another gang rape committed by student athletes, but this time there is an active investigation

Take a minute, you read that right. Somehow, somewhere, the police are actively pursuing men accused of rape. Clutch some pearls this shit never happens.

Erin Gloria Ryan had a post over at Jezebel on the subject. She too was as shocked as I was when it was released the police were seeking to prosecute. Briefly, the assault allegedly occurred at a party post prom for Calhoun High School where there was underage drinking and then the online rumors started. The survivor is an 18 year-old Georgia high school senior by three classmates. However, a fourth boy was in the room, possibly manning the door. Instead of a Steubenville, the local authorities have files serious charges against the three men and promised more charges are coming.

The four boys “ended up” in a room with the woman which is how the news outlets are describing it…which is weird like did they teleport, walk, carry her, etc? WILL WE EVER KNOW? I’m pulling for teleportation. Could just be me. The survivor told authorities she couldn’t remember who raped her, just it was multiple men who inserted “foreign object” into her vagina, which caused tearing and severe trauma. Local authorities call the trauma substantial during a press conference. Allegedly, other party attendees knew what was happening and did nothing. Fuck all of those kids.

Immediately after the attack, the internet imploded a little showing distain for the lack of action by the police, except they were working. They interviewed 50 people in regards to the party and sexual assault. The police gathered evidence against Field Chapman, Andrew Haynes, and Avery Johnson on sexual battery charges. All three turned themselves in the next day and were barred from their graduation. The Gilmer County Sheriff has promised all students who were drinking at the party will be charged, and rape charges may be on their way for the three men.

None of the men spent a night in jail. They also might sell out others for a reduced sentence, which would obviously suck. However, each of the three could face decades in jail, here’s hoping. The woman’s life is forever changed, but we won’t know the consequences for a while.

The good news: the authorities took the charges seriously from the beginning which is really different from how Steubenville and all universities have been handling cases. Of course, this is the minimum, right? Doing their job is a pretty low bar. Additionally, the community response has been supportive for the victim. The community appears to be condemning the entitlement and awfulness of the three men. A local columnist, David Cook wrote in the Times Free Price:

“You know what causes rape?

Rape mentality causes rape.

And while alcohol can be a preferred weapon used by rapists, the foremost question we need to be asking ourselves as a society: What causes rape mentality, especially at a time when one in five college women is sexually assaulted?

‘Most often, it’s by someone she know,’ reads a recent White House study.

This is not about alcohol; it’s about something wedged into the male mind, something premeditated that says it’s OK to sexually assault women. It is a pornographication of relationships: In 2012 a U.N. international study showed that 70 percent of men who admitted to raping women did so because they felt entitled.

As if they owned her body.”

 Nothing like that was coming out of Steubenville, hell CNN worried about the futures of those boys.