The Brutal Death of Madison Brooks: Lawyer claims LSU student NOT raped as she 'willfully' agreed to sex
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: The attorney representing two of the four suspects, who were arrested in connection with the rape and subsequent death of Madison Brooks, has reportedly claimed that the defense possesses footage that refutes rape allegations. The attorney asserted that the footage clarifies the victim wilfully consented to a sexual act inside the car.
As per an affidavit by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's office, the 19-year-old Louisiana State University student was raped on January 15 before being dropped off on Burbank Drive near Pelican Lakes Parkway where she was mowed down by a car. She was rushed to a local hospital, where she succumbed to death. The deputies on Monday, January 23, arrested four people on suspicion of rape in connection with her death. A 17-year-old juvenile and Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, were arrested and charged with third-degree rape while two other men, Everette Lee, 28, and Casen John Carver, 18, are accused of being principles to the crime.
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The sheriff's office also added that Brooks left a bar in Tigerland around 1 am the same day and got into a vehicle with the four suspects. Suspects’ attorney Ron Haley reflected on the revelations and claimed that “she (Brooks) willfully got into the car, said that her rides had left her, and she got in. After that point in time, there were consensual sexual acts done in that car with her and two other individuals at two separate times."
As per Fox8Live, Haley continued by saying, “absolutely not a rape. Listen this is a tragedy, definitely not a crime.” He added that a video taken during the incident shows Brooks was conscious and aware of what was happening the entire time. “Can you tell, that she was intoxicated, yes? To the point under the law that you say you’re in a drunken stupor, to the point that you cannot lawfully give consent or answer questions, absolutely that was not the case,” said Haley.
The attorney also claimed that Brooks and the driver got into a fight after the group traveled around to multiple locations. “Based on a disagreement, she got out of the vehicle. She indicated she was getting an Uber. I want the public to know, these young men or really the driver of the vehicle and the young men that were in there did not put her off on the side of the road,” Haley added. He also believes that the video evidence from inside the car will completely exonerate his clients. The defense will soon turn over that video to investigators and the district attorney’s office.