RAYMOND GATES HAS JUST BEEN SENTENCED TO NINE YEARS IN
PRISON FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT OF A RAPE INVOLVING A 17-YEAR-OLD
GIRL.
WHAT MADE THE STORY STAND OUT FROM OTHER RAPE CASES IN THE
COUNTRY IS THE FACT THAT THERE WAS THE 18-YEAR-OLD FRIEND OF
THE VICTIM WHO HAPPENED TO LIVE STREAM THIS RAPE AS IT WAS
OCCURRING.
IT WAS LIVE STREAMED ON PERISCOPE.
INITIAL REPORTING
SHOWED APPEARS GO VIDEO LIVE STREAM BY AN 18-YEAR-OLD MARINA
SHOWED THAT YOUNG WOMAN YELLING KNOW IT, IT HURTS SO MUCH PLEASE
STOP AND PLEASE NOTE ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO
TEAM VOTE.
THE PERSON WHO BROKE THE STORY ARE REPORTED ON IT
WAS NAOMI LACHANCE.
SHE IS ONE OF THE NEWEST
REPORTERS HERE AT THE YOUNG TURKS AND SHE MANAGED TO GET EXCLUSIVE
VIDEOS OF RAYMOND GATES SPEAKING TO COLUMBUS OHIO DETECTIVE ABOUT
HIS SIDE OF THE STORY AND WHAT HE BELIEVES HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT VIDEO, LET ME GIVE YOU SOME MORE
DETAILS ABOUT THE STORY.
THE VICTIM DESCRIBED HERSELF AS VERY
INTOXICATED.
AT ONE POINT SHE WAS SITTING ON THE BED TALKING
TO RAYMOND.
SHE TRIED TO STAND BUT STUMBLED BACK.
THAT IS WHEN
HE GOT ON TOP OF HER AND BEGAN KISSING HER ACCORDING TO THE
POLICE.
THE VICTIM TOLD THE POLICE THAT AFTER THE RAPE SHE
CRIED AS RAYMOND SPOONED HER BEFORE SHE LEFT SHE ASKED HIM
WHY HE HAD ASSAULTED HER.
HE TOLD HER THAT HE DID NOT KNOW
WHAT TAKING A GIRLS VIRGINITY WAS LIKE AND HE THOUGHT SHE WAS
OKAY WITH IT ACCORDING TO THE POLICE DOCUMENT.
WITH THAT
SAID, HERE ARE SOME OF HIS ANSWERS TO THE DETECTIVES
QUESTIONS WHILE THIS CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED.
THE VIDEO, THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE VIDEO, SHE WAS LIVE
STREAMING AT THE TIME.
A BUNCH OF PEOPLE SAW IT.
HUNDREDS.
AND
YES, SHE IS SITTING WITH YOU ON THE BED AND STUFF BUT WHEN IT
COMES DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO
PENETRATE HER WITH CHINA, SHE SCREAMS NO, STOP.
WE WERE TALKING THE WHOLE TIME.
GIRLS GET, WHEN YOUR, IT
MEANS SHE'S A VIRGIN AND STUFF.
BEFORE THAT SHE SAID I DON'T
CARE WHAT YOU DO. IS THAT ON THE VIDEO?
WHEN SHE SAID I DON'T
CARE WHAT YOU DO.
I TOOK THE GIRLS VIRGINITY BEFORE.
SHE IS
IN MY BEDROOM DUDE.
SHE'S IN MY BEDROOM, SHE'S RIGHT THERE.
I
AM NOT A RACIST.
I AM A GOOD GUY.
I HAVE ONLY BEEN WITH A
FEW WOMEN.
THIS GIRL CAME BACK TO MY HOUSE.
SHE IS 18, A
VIRGIN, SHE TOLD ME SHE WANTS TO LOSE HER VIRGINITY.
SHE SAID
SHE WAS READY TO DO AND EVERYTHING AND IN A COUPLE OF
SECONDS BEFORE THEN SHE IS LIKE I DON'T KNOW AND STUFF LIKEÖ IS
HOW GIRLS GET WHEN THEY LOSE THEIR VIRGINITY AND AFTERWARD WE
WERE HOLDING EACH OTHER SEVEN SHE WAS SAYING SHE'S NOT UPSET
WITH ME.
THEY GOT DRUNK AND I GOT DRUNK THAT SHE'S IN MY
BEDROOM, SHE'S UPSTAIRS AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE IS TELLING
YES, EVERYTHING IS COOL.
SHE IS COOL WITH US MAKING OUT AND
SHE'S GOOD THIS BEING THERE AND ALL THE SUDDEN RIGHT A FEW
SECONDS BEFORE, I'M SURE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
GIRLS ARE LIKE I
DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO HURT AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I AM LIKE
IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY, YOU KNOW?
THIS IS WHY LAWYERS TELL YOU TO GET A LAWYER BEFORE YOU GO IN
AND TALK TO THE COPS.
AND IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM YOU ARE GLAD
HE DIDN'T BECAUSE HE JUST CONFESSED.
HE SAID A COUPLE OF
SECONDS BEFORE WE DID IT SHE SAID STOP.
THAT IS WHEN YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO STOP.
HE KEEPS SAYING, AND LOOK, I BET YOU
THERE ARE A TON OF GUYS OUT THERE GOING COME ON, SHE WAS
ALREADY THERE.
COME ON SHE WAS ARTIE THERE IS NOT AN EXCUSE.
YES, WOMAN IS ALLOWED TO TELL YOU KNOW ANY MOMENT.
SHE IS.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT HER AND YOU DON'T THINK IT IS RIGHT,
OR FAIR, YOU WERE GOING TO GO TO PRISON.
HE IS GOING TO PRISON
FOR NINE YEARS.
IF SHE SAYS NO ANY POINT, STOP.
OTHERWISE, YOU
ARE GOING TO PRISON.
IF SHE SAID STOP BEFORE THE SEX BEGAN,
THEN YOU DON'T DO THE SEX.
IT MIGHT BE INCONVENIENT TO YOU,
MAYBE YOU ARE DRUNK.
SHE'S ARTIE IN MY BEDROOM IS NOT A LEGAL DEFENSE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT COMES FROM IGNORANCE OR IF IT COMES FROM
PEOPLE JUST NOT CARING, KNOWING WITH ALLIES IN A CARING TO
FOLLOW IT, BUT YOU ARE RIGHT.
AT ANY POINT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT
LED TO THE SITUATION, AT ANY POINT, ANY PERSON MILLER P
FEMALE CAN SAY I DON'T WANT TO.
STOP.
AND AT THAT POINT, YOU
STOP.
HE DID NOT DO THAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER REALLY QUICK SHORT
VIDEO THAT I WANT YOU TO WATCH.
HERE IS ANOTHER
PART OF HIS ANSWER AND BY THE WAY, YOU CAN WATCH THE FULL
VIDEO AT YOUTUBE.COM/TYTPOLITICS.
GREAT REPORTING BY NAOMI LACHANCE.
WHEN SHE SCREAMED STOP, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS, IT HURTS
SO MUCH.
I WAS ALREADY INSIDE OF HER AT THAT POINT.
I'M ALREADY INSIDE
OF HER THERE MAN.
THAT'S WHEN SHE'S LIKE IT HURTS.
IT HURTS WHEN THE GIRL GETS HER VIRGINITY TAKEN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT LOOK AGAIN, EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE
ABOUT THE MORALITY OF ANY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE GIRL INVOLVED,
EVEN IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACT AND SHE SAYS NO, YOU
BETTER STOP.
YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO PRESENT.
I AM TELLING YOU
RIGHT NOW IT IS NOT ABOUT BEING A SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR OR
WE'RE JUDGING YOU, I AM TELLING YOU YOU ARE GOING TO GO TO
PRISON.
DON'T DO IT.
UNDER THE MORALITY OF IT, TO PEOPLE HAVE
TO CONSENT.
IF SHE CHANGES HER MIND RIGHT BEFORE YOU ARE ABOUT
TO HAVE SEX, I GUESS THAT SUCKS FOR YOU BUT SHE CHANGED HER
MIND.
PEOPLE ARE LED TO DO THAT AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO KEEP
GOING WITHOUT HER CONSENT.
THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS AND LOOK, I
DON'T KNOW.
DO I HAVE TO BOTHER DOING THIS IT.
WHAT IF THE SHE
WAS ON THE OTHER FOOT AND IT WAS TWO GUYS.
YOU ARE SURE NEXT
THING YOU KNOW YOU'RE LIKE NO, I DON'T WANT TO DO AND HE KEEPS
GOING.
YOU DIDN'T WANT THEM TO, YOU WOULD CHANGE HIS MIND AND HE
SAYS WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL CLUSTER YOU'RE CRYING NOW.
SHE SAID SHE WAS CRYING.
WHY DID YOU ASSAULT ME?
DON'T GIVE ME THE STUFF ABOUT THE SPOONING.
SHE HAD SAID THAT SHE WAS CRYING AS I WAS TAKING PLACE.
REGARDLESS, HE CONFESSED TO DOING SOMETHING THAT IS FLAT-OUT
ILLEGAL.
ONCE SHE SAYS STOP AND SHE REPEATEDLY DID YOU HAVE TO
STOP AND HE DIDN'T. THAT IS WHY HE GOT SENT US NINE YEARS IN
PRISON.
BY THE WAY, HER FRIEND WHO WAS LIVE STREAMING THIS
RATHER THAN CALLING THE POLICE ARE DOING SOMETHING TO HELP HER
HAS BEEN SENTENCED AS WELL TO NINE MONTHS IN PRISON.
HER
ARGUMENT WAS RIDICULOUS WAS I WANTED TO HELP HER AND DRAW
ATTENTION TO IT BY LIVE STREAMING IT, BUT THEN I
STARTED GETTING SO MANY LIKES ON THE PERISCOPE.
OH JESUS CHRIST, HOPE YOUR FRIEND.
THAT AS A SOCIETY WE ARE LIVING IN.
WHEN WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT RAPE CULTURE, PEOPLE HAVE THIS VERY KNEE-JERK
NEGATIVE REACTION TO IT BECAUSE THEY THINK THAT IT IS
INDIVIDUALS TRYING TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF NOTHING, BUT THIS
KIND OF INCIDENT IS A BIG DEAL AND THE KIND OF EXCUSES THAT THE
PERPETRATOR MADE IN THAT VIDEO OR IN THOSE VIDEOS SHOWS YOU
EXACTLY WHAT RAPE CULTURE IS.
ITSES ENTITLEMENT TO SOMEONE'S
BODY OR ITSES ENTITLEMENT TO SEXUAL GRATIFICATION THE COUSIN
YOU KNOW WHAT?
SHE WAS WEARING SOMETHING THAT WAS SKIMPY OR SHE
CAME TO MY HOUSE OR SHE WAS DRINKING.
NO, THOSE ARE NOT
REASONS OR THOSE THAT ARE FACTORS THAT GIVE YOU ANY TYPE
OF ENTITLEMENT TO HER BODY OR TO DO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO
TO HER.