Assault

SAN JOSE -- Attorneys and family members of a 15-year-old who killed herself said Monday that pictures of an alleged sexual assault against the girl had been viewed by at least 10 students at Saratoga High School. Audrie Pott, a sophomore, became intoxicated during a Labor Day weekend party at the home of a friend whose parents were away, attorney Robert Allard said. The students got into a liquor cabinet at the Saratoga, Calif., home, and at least one of the three 16-year-old boys allegedly involved in the assault also brought alcohol to the party, he said.

SAN JOSE - Audrie Pott thought everybody at her high school knew what happened that night. The 15-year-old had been drinking during a Labor Day weekend party at a friend's house in the pricey Silicon Valley suburb of Saratoga. She either fell asleep or passed out. And she woke up to something her family's lawyer described as "unimaginable. " "There were some markings on her body, in some sort of permanent marker, indicating that someone had violated her when she was sleeping," attorney Robert Allard said Monday.

A bill before Parliament in Uganda would prohibit women from wearing miniskirts in public. The government's ethics minister, Simon Lokodo, has taken the lead in defending it. "Anything above the knee is outlawed," he said. "If a woman wears a miniskirt, we will arrest her. " If the bill were to become law, Uganda would hardly be the first country to institute harsh restrictions on women's dress in public. Saudi Arabia, for instance, famously expects women to be shrouded head to toe in public.

The Saratoga High School sophomore who committed suicide after allegedly being sexually assaulted lived her last days "tormented," her family's attorney said Friday. Authorities this week alleged that Audrie Pott, 15, was sexually assaulted by three teenage boys last fall, one of whom snapped a picture of the alleged attack. The photo quickly circulated among Pott's classmates. The teen wrote on her Facebook page that it was the “worst day ever,” according to her family's attorney, Robert Allard.

The attorneys for the teenagers accused of sexually assaulting Audrie Pott, the Saratoga High School sophomore who later committed suicide, is urging the public to reserve judgment and said the boys should be "regarded as innocent. " Authorities this week alleged that Pott, 15, was assaulted last fall by the three boys, one of whom snapped a picture of the alleged attack. The photo quickly circulated among Pott's classmates. The teen wrote on her Facebook page that it was the “worst day ever,” according to her family's attorney, Robert Allard.

Authorities said they investigated for months before arresting three teenage boys Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl who later took her own life. The alleged attack took place last fall. Eight days after the incident, the girl -- a student at Saratoga High School in Santa Clara County -- took her own life, authorities said. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Lt. Jose Cardoza told the Associated Press Thursday night that investigators on the high school campus developed information for several months that led to the arrests.

More details were emerging Friday about the case of three teenage boys arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old Saratoga girl who later committed suicide. The boys, all 16, were taken into custody Thursday at two high schools in the San Jose area and booked into juvenile hall in connection with the attack on Audrie Pott, who hanged herself in September. "What happened to Audrie was tragic. It should never have happened. I hope they are brought to justice," said Lauren Cerri, a Pott family attorney, told KGO-TV.

A 15-year-old Saratoga girl who killed herself after photos circulated of her alleged sexual assault was "tormented" and "tortured" in the days before her death, her family's attorney said Friday. On Thursday, authorities announced three 16-year-old boys had been arrested on suspicion of sexually battering Audrie Pott, a Saratoga Union High School sophomore, according to reports. An attorney representing Pott's family told The Times the alleged attack occurred at what the teenager thought would be a "small little gathering" at a friend's house last fall.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has been charged with felony assault for allegedly striking a 19-year-old inmate in the back seat of a patrol car, a prosecutor said Friday. The L.A. County district attorney's office charged Matthew John Funicello, 31, with assault under the color of authority in connection with a July 22, 2011, incident in which the deputy allegedly struck an inmate several times. "We allege the deputy struck the inmate several times in the face and torso with his fist," said Jean Guccione, a district attorney's spokeswoman.