According to a lawyer for two of the defendants, the men accused after the murder of Louisiana State University sorority member Madison Brooks shot footage that demonstrates she was neither raped nor discarded on the side of the road.
The 19-year-old student’s last automobile journey on January 15 was captured on film, according to attorney Ron Haley, who told WAFB that this shows her death was “a tragedy, absolutely not a crime.”
It demonstrates that she “willfully got into the automobile” after being dumped by her companions and that she exited the vehicle to obtain an Uber before being struck and killed by another vehicle, according to the attorney.
Haley told WAFB that before that, she engaged in “consensual sexual actions” with two of the accused, which were “definitely not a rape.”
Both 18-year-old Kaivon Washington and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, have been accused of raping Brooks. Both Casen Carver, 18, and Everett Lee, 28, are accused with third-degree rape in principle, which means they only saw it.
Haley, who represented Washington and Lee, also said that the video demonstrates Brooks’s capacity for consenting to sex and that he was not at the time intoxicated to the point of blackout.
Are you able to detect that she was drunk? Yes. To the extent that you claim to be in a legally recognized alcoholic stupor and are unable to grant permission or appropriately respond to inquiries? That was definitely not the case, Haley said to the nearby source.
“The video does not reveal a sexual conduct,” the attorney separately told DailyMail.com.
Instead, in four video clips captured by Washington, Brooks is shown using “choice language” with Carver as the driver becomes irate with her for changing her mind about where she wants to go.
The four videos Washington captured were “basically an altercation between her and the driver,” the attorney said.
Carver was upset since this was her third address and it seemed that she wanted to move somewhere else.
The lawyer said, “It’s him saying, Listen, we can’t do this all night, make up your mind where you want to be.
She becomes angry with them and directs some crude remarks towards Carver.
After that, he ordered her verbally to exit the car. She agrees and replies, “That’s great, I’ll take an Uber to wherever I need to go next,” the lawyer stated.
According to the attorney, “she got out” of her own free will and wasn’t struck by another car until “after they had gone off.”
Haley said, “They didn’t simply throw her out of the vehicle.” He continued, claiming that one of the recordings showed her exiting the car and that “they did not push her out of the vehicle.”
“I believe that at one point one of the other people attempts to diffuse the situation by urging everyone to just get back into the vehicle. She’s not interested,” he said.
Haley said WAFB, “I want the public to know, these young guys… did not throw her off on the side of the road.
The lawyer emphasized that the three people he is defending had “expressed their regret” to him.
Nobody wants her to pass away, they are unhappy, and it is a tragedy, he added.
“No one is winning in this…. These young guys could lose their freedom, and someone has lost his life, he added.
Haley told WAFB that the footage taken inside the automobile will completely exonerate his clients.
The film was reportedly shown during a bail hearing on Tuesday, and Judge Brad Myers reportedly said that it demonstrated that there was “clear evidence” of wrongdoing.
The student’s unfortunate death was described as “evil” by LSU President William Tate.
He issued a statement saying, “She shouldn’t have been stolen from us in this manner.”
The liquor license for Reggie’s pub, where the majority of the people who had been drinking that night were underage, and where Brooks supposedly worked, was revoked.
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