![]() ![]() She added: 'I want everyone to know that I am not afraid or ashamed anymore, and I never should have been.' 'It's been two years now since the whole ordeal, and I feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me and make sure other people, other girls and boys, don't need to be ashamed, either,' Prout, who was 17 at the time of her interview and about to start her senior year at a different school, told the Today Show. The call for a fresh trial comes after Labrie's victim, Chessy Prout, spoke out in an interview last year about what happened to her when she was a 15-year-old freshman at St Paul's. If a new trial is granted, Labrie could again face the charges he was convicted of, however the ones he was acquitted of would not be brought back up. Labrie is currently out on appeal, but he is under a curfew that mandates he must be home between 5pm and 8am. Owen Labrie, was accused of taking part in a practice at the school known as Senior Salute where graduating seniors strive to have sex with underclassmen 'Looking back, there's no question I should've come in this court room, told your honor "There's a huge problem,"' she said. I didn't think it was the best time to step in and say, "I think your counsel doesn't know what they're doing,"' she said. This young man was on trial, he could go to prison. Under questioning from prosecutor Catherine Ruffle, Rancourt acknowledged that she did not approach either the judge or Labrie with her concerns, and said she realizes that amounts to ineffective counsel on her part. Carney Jr.'s handling of the case that she considered asking for a mistrial, particularly after witnessing a conversation he had with a DNA witness in which he appeared wholly unprepared. Rancourt said she was so troubled by lead attorney J.W. Jaye Rancourt, who served as local counsel to Labrie's out-of-state defense team, said during cross-examination Wednesday that she was virtually shut out of the case. The hearing began Tuesday and continued Wednesday. Labrie's appeal to the state Supreme Court is on hold while a Merrimack County Superior Court judge considers his request for a new trial based on ineffective counsel. Jaye Rancourt (pictured), who served as local counsel to Labrie's out-of-state defense team, said the prep school graduate did not receive effective counsel during the trial Prosecutor said those decisions could've been part of their legal strategy.She also claimed defense team erred by not attempting to further damage the credibility of the girl and several of Labrie's friends.Jaye Rancourt, who served as local counsel to Labrie's out-of-state defense team, said she was troubled by lead attorney's handling of the case.Labrie is seeking new trial, claiming his lawyers failed to challenge felony charge. ![]() He was also convicted of a felony computer charge requiring him to register as a sex offender for life.He was acquitted of rape, but convicted of sexual assault, child endangerment.Owen Labrie, from Tunbridge, Vermont, was acquitted in 2015 of raping a 15-year-old classmate as part of a game of sexual conquest at St Paul's School.Lawyer claims prep school graduate who lured underage classmate into sex as part of a campus conquest game did not receive effective counsel as the 21-year-old seeks retrial ![]()
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