Police: No Evidence Teen Pepper-Sprayed At Trump Rally Was Sexually Assaulted

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Local police said Thursday there is no evidence the 15-year-old girl who was pepper-sprayed in the face after accusing a man of groping her outside a Wisconsin Donald Trump event was sexually assaulted.

After interviews with witnesses and reviewing videos of the incident, Janesville police said in a news conference they did not find evidence of a sexual assault, but are still looking for the suspect who pepper-sprayed the teen.

Police said the 15-year-old did punch a 59-year-old man in the face just moments before she was pepper-sprayed, though. The teen has been referred to juvenile authorities on disorderly conduct charges but the man is not pressing charges himself, Janesville Police Chief David Moore said.

Videos of the incident, which show the 15-year-old in a verbal confrontation with an older white man before she’s pepper-sprayed in the face, quickly spread online on Tuesday.

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  1. Does it take bruises in certain places before there’s any "evidence’?
    And being pepper prayed is OK???

  2. Avatar for pshah pshah says:

    A 15 year old…at a Trump event? I certainly hope her parents didn’t let her go alone.

  3. Avatar for jcs jcs says:

    It seems to me there is a very likely possibility that she was groped but it is also possible there is no evidence. I do not think she would make it up but unfortunately, they probably cannot press charges without more proof than her word. On the other hand, I hope she is treated decently by the authorities. Her retaliation is on tape but if she is a juvenile, hopefully she is treated as one.

    The real crime was the pepper spray and it seems likely a tape of the perpetrator will surface. Given what we know the whole incident seems like a real injustice to the young girl at the hands of hateful people.

  4. Her statement is evidence. What they mean is no corroborating evidence. Obviously the Trump supporters who saw it aren’t going to corroborate her accusation anyway.

    Anyhoo, I’ve seen the video and it’s hard to tell, but it does look like the guy held a hand up towards her, which may have accidentally resulted in him touching her in he wrong place, but for all the assholiness that these Trump idiots exhibit, this time it seems that part of it was probably unintentional what with the jostling of the crowd, etc.

  5. Huh? Where does it say that? They’re looking for the perp.

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