Monday, January 7, 2013

Kent State closely watching Steubenville 'rape crew' case and incoming freshman, Charlie Keenan, Jr., son of embattled prosecutor, Jane Hanlin

Jefferson County, Ohio prosecutor Jane Hanlin
and son Charlie Keenan, Jr.
(To see all posts about Steubenville High School's alleged rape crew, click here.)
  

Anonymous has charged that "...one of the parties to which the unconscious victim of this horrible crime was dragged to took place at the Hanlin house."
     That, if true, would be the home of Charlie Keenan, Jr., (star Steubenville High School football athlete and Kent State wrestling scholarship recipient) and his mother, Jefferson County prosecutor Jane Hanlin, whom the hactivists have accused of discouraging the filing of rape charges before she recused herself from the case.
     A petition at change.org is calling for her disbarment.

From the Kent Patch:
     Kent State University is reviewing the status of an incoming freshman athlete because he was a member of the Steubenville, OH high school football team, two members of which have been charged in connection with a notorious rape case.      Kent State officials are closely watching the case, in which two Steubenville football players are set to go to trial next month on charges of raping a 16-year-old girl in August 2012.
     Of interest to Kent State is whether the case expands to charges against other members of the Steubenville Big Red football team.
     "This is a top priority," Kent State spokesman Eric Mansfield said by phone Sunday from Mobile, AL, where he is with members of the university's football team and Kent State Athletics staff for the Golden Flashes' appearance in the GoDaddy.com Bowl.
     ...Kent State officials posted a statement on the university's Facebook page Saturday following allegations made online about another Steubenville high school athlete who has been accepted to Kent State on a wrestling scholarship...     "We understand the severity and the seriousness of the allegations, and as we collect more information we will take appropriate steps as warranted," he said. "We are now following the developments from Steubenville very closely."
     The student whose status is under review is Charlie Keenan, a senior at Steubenville High School who has been a star athlete on the football field and wrestling mat.
     Keenan has not been charged or identified as being directly involved by authorities investigating the sexual assault case.
     ...Mansfield stressed that Keenan officially is not yet a student and is still considered an applicant by the university.

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