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| Location | Richmond, California, U.S. |
| Date | Saturday, October 25, 2009 9:30 p.m.– c. 12:00 a.m. (UTC-8) |
| Attack type | Assault, rape |
| Victim | 15-year-old female student |
The 2009 Richmond High School gang rape occurred on October 25, 2009, in Richmond, California, United States, when a 15-year-old female student of Richmond High School was gang raped by a group of young males in a courtyard on the school campus after a homecoming dance was being held.
Police say that the victim was beaten and raped, at times with a foreign object, and robbed for 2½ hours while up to 10 bystanders witnessed the attack without reporting to the police. The girl was lifted by air to a hospital and realeased on Wednesday in a stable condition.
Manuel Ortega, 19, Salvador Rodriguez, 21, Cody Ray Smith, 15, Ari Abdallah Morales, 16, and Marcelles James Peter, 17 have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Marcelles Peter's mother suspected racism in her son's arrest, stating, "He is the one they've arrested who is black, and if they give my nephew a life sentence, I will sue Richmond. There is no way in hell I will see my nephew blamed in this because he is black."
In 2008 another rape occurred during a homecoming dance in Richmond, at De Anza High School.
References
- Fagan, Kevin (2009-11-01). "Richmond gang rape seen as nearly inevitable". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
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