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“The ultimate question in this case is whether a crime was committed. Only after any such determination can a person be declared a ‘victim.’ “

Defense Attorney Walter Madison (referring to teen girl possibly not being a victim)

Source for above quote -Cleveland Plain Dealer

 

“Where the hell are the adults in this situation?”

Dr. Phil (referring to alleged rape on his show)

Source for above quote - CBS

 

“Our district goal is always to keep our kids safe, continue our educational process and continue on with our traditions of academic success, athletic success, extracurricular success.”

Superintendent Mike McVey (referring to the state of the school district)

 

“We have 2,450 kids. Sixty kids do not make a school district. One football program does not make a school district. It’s part of our goal to achieve academic excellence as in all our other programs and our goal is to graduate those kids, make them compassionate, make them caring, and hopefully make them better decision-makers.”

Superintendent Mike Mcvey (referring to the school district as a whole)

Source for above 2 quotes

 

“There’s no excuse or justification for the comments and jokes Michael made on the video, and with some sober reflection, he is ashamed and embarrassed to hear them himself. He sincerely regrets his behavior and his comments and the effect it has had on all parties involved, including his own family.”

Attorney Dennis McNamara (referring to video published related to alleged sexual assault)

Source for above quote -WTOV9

 

“My son was not present at any time while the victim was alleged to have been unconscious, photographed, videotaped or sexually assaulted.  Any statement to the contrary is 100% false.”

Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Jane Hanlin (referring to rumors of her son’s involvement)

Source for above quote - WTOV9

 

“Say what you want to say about me. Do character assassinations like you do and you’re going to continue to do. But when you start doing a hatchet job on innocent children, putting their names out on the computers and the Internet, on Facebook, I’m coming after you. Simple as that…Why put their names out there? Why put their addresses out there? With all the crackpots we have running around this country? With all of the sex offenders were have out there, plenty of them in Jefferson County, why put children’s names out there? Mothers have taken their children out of school in fear of what may happen. This has gone too far. Enough is enough…I know where he lives. I know his name, his mother’s name, his father’s name, his brother’s name.”

Sheriff Fred Abdalla (referring to knowing the identity of a member of Anonymous)

Source for above quote -WTOV9

 

“…We must remember that the victims are a young teenage girl and her family. Their wish is to see that justice is served so that they can begin to move on with their lives.”

Alleged Victim’s Attorney Bob Fitzsimmons (referring to alleged Steubenville rape case)

Source for above quote - CBS News

“You can hide behind a face, behind a mask and say anything you want. Let them come to my face without a mask on and tell me that stuff. You know, they wouldn’t have the balls to do it. Like I said, you’re in this position, you come under character assassination. There’s not much you can do”

Sheriff Fred Abdalla (referring to claims Steubenville is corrupt)

 

“They were originally charged as adults and as the court hearings went on, it was reduced to juvenile charges”

Sheriff Fred Abdalla (referring to suspects being charged as adults or juveniles)

 

“About Coach Saccoccia, now is he playing favoritism at that school for them boys? If he is, that’s not a criminal offense or I’d investigate it. The only thing I’m telling you, that man has been a father to those boys up there for many, many years”

Sheriff Fred Abdalla (referring to head coach Reno Saccoccia)

Source for 3 above quotes - Q92

 

“Very, very disturbing that young males can even talk or think this way”

Psychologist Wendy Walsh (referring to alleged Steubenville rape case)

Source for above quote - CNN

 

“They raped her more than the Duke lacrosse team”

-Michael Nodianos (Allegedly referring to reported Steubenville rape case)

 Source for above quote - Deadspin

 

“I am proud of my community”

- Sherriff Fred Abdalla (referring to #occupysteubenville protest) 

Source For Above Quote - WTRF 7

 

“I think the lesson here for everyone is:

1. Whatever you put online lives forever, and can be seen by anyone

2. Just because you put on a uniform doesn’t make you king of the world

3. If you’re a nice person and do the right thing, issues No. 1 and 2 probably don’t matter”

-Forbes Contributor Bob Cook (referring to lesson to be learned from events)

Source For Above Quote -Forbes

 

“My main concerns are people thinking that Anonymous is a group of Internet thugs…We are exactly the opposite – we are freedom fighters, we are you, and you are us. We are the 99 percent, and so are you. We are all around, worldwide. This campaign is to make sure that enough eyes are on the case so it cannot be covered up, and in the process many (other rape) victims have had the courage to come forward with their own stories.”

-Pseudonym KYAnonymous (referring to  group “Anonymous”)

Source For Above Quote -Herald Star

 

“They have a right to protest all they want…If it’s a peaceful protest, than there shouldn’t be any trouble.”

Jefferson County Sheriff Fred Abdalla (referring to #occupysteubenville protests)

Source For Above Quote- Herald Star

 

“The thing I found most disturbing about this is that there were other people around when this was going on…Nobody had the morals to say, ‘Hey, stop it, that isn’t right’…If you could charge people for not being decent human beings, a lot of people could have been charged that night.”

Police Chief William McCafferty (referring to the alleged Steubenville rape case)

 

“The rape was just an excuse, I think…What else are you going to tell your parents when you come home drunk like that and after a night like that?” said Hubbard, who is one of the team’s 19 coaches. “She had to make up something. Now people are trying to blow up our football program because of it.”

Volunteer Big Red Coach Nate Hubbard (referring to the alleged events)

 

“There’s a set of rules that don’t apply to everybody…This has been happening since the early ’80s; this is nothing new. It’s disgusting. I can’t stand it. The culture is not what it should be. It’s not clean.”

Former Big Red Football Player Bill Miller (referring to student athlete culture)

 

“If this happened as a pattern, it would have set off an alarm…But we think this was an isolated incident.”

Superintendent Mike McVey (referring to possible off-the-field issues for the football team)

 

“The whole question is consent…Was she conscious enough to give consent or not? We think she was. She gave out the pass code to her phone after the sexual assault was said to have occurred.”

Defense Attorney Adam Newmann (referring to lack of physical evidence collected by police)

Source For 5 Above Quotes- NY Times

 

“It’s impossible for it to go faster. I know in a perfect world evidence would come together within 20 minutes of the crime and you would be able to go forward. In the real world, it doesn’t happen like that. You have to meet with people, you collect evidence, analyze evidence. There are a lot of rumors out there about what already exists, what is already in people’s possession, and a good deal of that is rumors”

Prosecuting Attorney Jane Hanlin (referring to a possible cover-up)

Source For Above Quote – WTOV9

 

“We learned this morning that two Steubenville High School athletes were arrested. … The district intends to fully cooperate with any criminal investigation that may ensue from this situation. … Any student who is arrested is immediately suspended from all extracurricular activities including sports.”

Superintendent Mike McVey (referring to the 8/22/12 arrest of two student athletes)

Source For Above Quote – WTOV9

 

“I will not prosecute this case, but will share what I have learned during the initial investigation with Associate Assistant Attorney General Marianne Hemmeter and Associate Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Brumby”

Prosecuting Attorney Jane Hanlin (referring to her recusal)

Source For Above Quote – The Intelligencer: Wheeling News Register

 

“It’s a matter of fairness and I think that each child should be judged on their own merit.”

Defense Attorney Walter Madison (referring to social media comments made by his client’s co-defendant)

Source  For Above Link -WTOV9

 

“Obviously the freedoms that come along with being out of the juvenile detention facility have been very advantageous to him, but he still is not able to go to school. He still is not able to have extracurricular activities or communication with friends or associates or anyone aside from his family. So in some way it is still a form of incarceration until this is resolved”

Defense Attorney Adam Nemann (referring to the case moving quickly)

Source For Above Link- WTOV9

 

“This site was happy to provide a forum for locals in Steubenville to engage in important speech protected by the First Amendment and will continue to do so.”

Blogger Alexandria Goddard (referring to the site http://www.prinniefied.com)

Source For Above Link- http://www.prinniefied.com