#CHESSY PROUT AGE TRIAL#
Labrie's 2015 trial had spurred significant public interest as it raised numerous questions about the culture of sexual assault on school campuses. I hope that schools, institutions and communities will hold perpetrators accountable for their crimes so that victims and survivors can continue to live their lives and truly thrive."
"I will continue to fight for the rights of survivors so that we can live without fear of retribution for pursuing justice. "Every survivors' story is different but we all have a lifetime of healing ahead of us," Chessy Prout tells Bustle in a statement provided by her spokesperson. Prout, who made her identity public in 2016, tells Bustle she plans to continue to fight for survivors' rights so they can pursue justice without fear of retribution. In 2015, Labrie was convicted of sexually assaulting then-15-year-old classmate Chessy Prout as part of an alleged competition among senior boys at the co-ed boarding school St. “A survivor who chooses not to disclose this deeply personal crime that has been inflicted on them is certainly no less brave,” said Amanda Grady Sexton, public policy director of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.After serving six months of a 10-month sentence, New Hampshire prep school graduate Owen Labrie was released from jail for good behavior on Monday, according to the Associated Press. Rose and other advocates acknowledged that Prout’s path is not for everyone. Labrie is out on bail under GPS monitoring and has registered as a sex offender in New Hampshire, pending an appeal. “The fact that he was still able to pull the wool over a group of people’s eyes - that bothered me a lot and disgusted me,” she said. Prout told “Today” that she was appalled by the split verdict. Labrie was also convicted of endangering a child and using computer services to lure a minor, and sentenced to a year in jail. Labrie was acquitted of a felony rape charge but found guilty of three counts of misdemeanor sexual assault, because Prout was below the age of consent. She has since moved to another state, where she is finishing high school and applying to colleges. Paul’s School after the attack, but told “Today” that her friends who were boys mostly ignored her, and did not talk to her or make eye contact. “For her, it’s really important survivors know that they’re not alone.” I just wanted to help support her,” Rose said. On Tuesday, PAVE launched a program that Prout conceived, called “I Have the Right To.” Prout’s appearance prompted an outpouring of support online. RELATED: Labrie sentenced to year in jail, probation “She will try to give me the biggest hug” in hopes of providing comfort. “She will come in to my closet when I am rocking on the floor and punching my legs trying to get myself to calm down,” Prout said.
Fighting back tears, Prout said that she hides in her closet during panic attacks to shield a younger sister from her anguish. Prout appeared poised and measured during most of the 7½-minute segment, but grew emotional when she described the pain the ordeal has caused those close to her.
The school has also created a new position, called associate head of school, “Today” reported, “for the purpose of integrating and advancing healthy culture initiatives.” Paul’s maintained its denial that it was complicit in the assault, but listed a slate of changes it made in response to the case, including new education models, intervention programs, and bringing in outside experts “to examine the health of the student culture.”
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