The Torrington High School rape case refers to five separate rape cases in

Torrington, Connecticut Torrington is the most populated municipality and only city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the Northwest Hills region. It is also the core city of Greater Torrington, one of the largest micropolitan areas in the United States. The city p ...

, United States, involving 6 former Torrington High School football players and two other Torrington teens. In a 2013 case, Joan Toribio and Edgar Gonzalez, both 18-year-old former football players from Torrington High School, were convicted in the sexual assault of two 13-year-old girls in

. Joan Toribio was sentenced to 9 months in prison. Edgar Gonzalez was sentenced to six years in prison. In a 2011 case, Kenuel Weaver-Hunt, 17, and Dylan Rodriguez, 16, pleaded guilty to charges of risk of injury to a minor with illicit sexual contact, a class "D" felony. Both were sentenced to five years in prison, suspended after four months served. Alec Berkemeier, 16, was charged with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor with illicit sexual contact, but reached a deal with the prosecutors that included a provision to seal the records of the case.

Controversy

Torrington High School gained notoriety for its students'

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of the two 13-year-old girls through social media. ''The Register Citizen'', a local newspaper, published images of Twitter posts that defended the accused and attacked the victims. A Houston-based law firm that specializes in defense of those accused of sex crimes claimed a possible failure in responsibility on the part of parents and teachers to make students aware of the legal implications of their actions.

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Controversy

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