Tonight on 20/20 ` Let down by the force; Right from the start, it was just mistake after mistake. There was an excuse for everything. let down by the faith. So you woke up in the moment before you hit Wayne? Yeah, I can still see him standing there. A family brought to its knees after a killer crash. This is what I was interested in showing you. This is what I was interested in showing you. (GASPS) High school football. Partying teens and a girl known only as Jane Doe. You used the language that she was 'treated like a toy' that night. I'm not gonna mince words. That's how she was treated. A crime witnessed, filmed and tweeted, but not stopped. Think about all the bystanders that` Think about all the bystanders that` Nobody tried to stop what was going on. Phones were used, not to call the police, but to take pictures. REPORTER: The girl was sexually assaulted while onlookers take cell phone pictures and videos of it all. Captions by TVNZ Access Services www.tvnz.co.nz/access-services Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Copyright TVNZ Access Services 2013 Kia ora. I'm Sonya Wilson. For Jo Bryant, life was pretty good, happily married to Wayne for more than 20 years. They were enjoying a full social life, surrounded and adored b family and friends. The four kids in their blended family were growing up, and Jo and Wayne were preparing for the freedom of an emptying nest. But in a single moment, Jo's future was shattered. What lay ahead was more than just grief. She had to battle against some unexpected opponents simply to get justice for her husband. Here's Hannah Ockleford. POIGNANT MUSIC I was leaving at 5 o'clock that night, and, um, he didn't arrive. SIREN ECHOES There was fire engines and ambulance and police. 'Oh, Wayne can't get out because there's been an accident.' And then I looked, and there was a body covered with a sheet. I was, like, 'Oh. 'Oh no.' And so I looked away again, and then I carried on walking. Looked down on to the road, and I` I saw a slipper. And I was, like, 'That looks like Wayne's slipper I just bought him. What's Wayne's slipper doing there?' And I turned, and that's when, you know, I saw his hand... sticking out from under the sheet. And, you know, I could tell by the tattoos and the scars that it was him. POIGNANT MUSIC I remember, um, screaming, 'What the ... is going on? That's my husband!' Everything just went black. MUSIC CONTINUES Really, what are the chances? Wayne was simply getting into his car when he was hit by another car and killed. In a split second, Jo's life changed forever. OMINOUS MUSIC It's been 18 months, and Jo's grief is still palpable. And so is her disbelief ` not only that such a freak event could happen, but at the terrible mistake the Invercargill police made that fateful night. Right from the start, it was just mistake after mistake, and they didn't own it. There was an excuse for everything, you know, and it's, like, 'Nah, this isn't right.' Has it been a circus? Has it been a circus? (CHUCKLES) Oh, feels like it. (CHUCKLES) Yeah. Feels like I've been banging my head against a brick wall for 20 months. (CHUCKLES MIRTHLESSLY, SNIFFLES) Shortly after Wayne's death, Jo met with the officer dealing with her case. The first question I asked her was, 'Was` Was alcohol involved?' And she said that she didn't know and that she would get back to me. Wayne's body had been tested for alcohol, drugs, even Hepatitis C. But the elderly driver who hit him was never even breathalysed. I was angry. (CHUCKLES) I was angry. (CHUCKLES) Why were you angry? He'd just killed my husband,... (CHUCKLES MIRTHLESSLY) and... And nobody bothered to check if he'd been drinking? And nobody bothered to check if he'd been drinking? No. The person who killed Wayne was an 80-year-old Catholic priest. Do you think he was treated differently because he was a priest? I think so, you know? They looked at him ` 'Oh, he's an 80-year-old man who's lived this great life.' And then to us, and it's, like, 'And there's Wayne ` ratbag.' JOHNNY CASH'S 'WALK THE LINE' Wayne had been a ratbag. But he'd not been in trouble with the law for 20 years. Was he a good man? Was he a good man? Yeah. To me, to everyone, to people he loved, he was a good man. You know? He was the best man. (CHUCKLES) He was also a family man. Jo and Wayne both had children when they got together and had a fourth as a couple. # I walk the line. < I guess when you had to say goodbye to him, it probably showed you just how many people loved him. I knew it would be big. You know? He` He knew people from all walks of life. He knew people that had so much and people that had nothing. So go in peace in the blessing of God Almighty. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit be with you. # I walk the line. They loved him, you know? It was 'Wayne mate'. That was Wayne. Wayne lost his life, but in this accident, Jo also became a victim. We've lost the most. But it just felt like no one cared, you know? There was no compassion. There was no respect or` We were shown nothing. TENSE MUSIC This crash report, filled out just hours after Wayne's death, shows despite not testing the priest for booze, the police had already decided it wasn't a factor. When I said, 'Well, why wasn't he breathalysed?' They said to me it was at their discretion. And I'm, like, 'Discretion?' To me, it's discrimination. And they said, oh, 99% of the time that it's done, but this time it was overlooked, and it was at their discretion. They lied to you when they said that, didn't they? They lied to you when they said that, didn't they? Yes. Yeah. And I knew. I'm... not stupid. Jo wanted to know if testing for drink at the site of fatal accident was procedure or not. 'So if you're telling me this wasn't mandatory, how do I go about changing that?' And the look on his face was... 'Shit.' (CHUCKLES) 'It's already law.' Clearly there was some shortcomings in the way that this matter was dealt with. Inspector Lane Todd now admits mistakes were made. Saying to Jo breath-testing was procedure and then saying it's at police discretion ` was that an outright lie? Well,... the process and the procedure should have been explained fully to Mrs Bryant. And the process and the procedures are that every driver in a fatal or serious crash, uh, should and shall be breath-tested. How do you explain what was explained to Jo? Um, unfortunately, it's just another miscommunication that wasn't described to Mrs Bryant fully. What's the difference between a miscommunication and a lie? I can't speak for what staff advised Mrs Bryant early in the investigation. What I can say, moving forward, is that we do now have a victims-focused strategy, and staff are fully trained in that strategy. What that means is that police will look after victims like Jo better than they have. It's a change that's only come about after Jo took her battle to the Independent Police conduct Authority, which highlighted a number of shortcomings. It took the police nearly 17 months to apologise. But when they finally did, they admitted they hadn't told Jo the truth and that they'd treated her poorly throughout the whole ordeal. You're trying to grieve for someone that you've lost, but then you've got` on top of that, you've got all these, you know, unanswered questions, and it's just stressful,... um, like, and confusing. You don't know how to feel. ALL CHATTER INDISTINCTLY While the sudden loss of Wayne is deeply painful,... It's stuck. Oh, no. (LAUGHS) ...it's brought the Bryants much closer. I guess losing Dad was... (EXHALES) the biggest thing that I've ever had to deal with. 18 months later, we're still struggling with it. I became very down and suicidal, and, um, and then I... attempted it. All these things, they` they add up. Like, Dylan won't talk about it; Michael ` he'll` he'll get on the booze, and he'll drink and then all` all his emotions will come out; Britney ` she gets angry. It's the whole 'rest in peace' for Dad, but he just` It's, like` It's, like` But you guys haven't had any peace. It's, like` But you guys haven't had any peace. No. Dad used to do this. We don't know. He'd be sitting there going, 'You bunch of fuckin' idiots.' He'd be sitting there going, 'You bunch of fuckin' idiots.' 'All useless.' (CHUCKLES) Jo's tired; worn down after a long fight with the police. But this fight's not over. She's still battling for justice. Coming up ` the man responsible for Wayne's death fronts up. What did cause this accident? Had you been drinking? No. 1 Welcome back. So, after a long fight, the police have apologised. But that's not where this story ends. Jo has faced the force, and now there's a question of faith. If it wasn't booze, what really caused the 80-year-old Catholic priest to cross the centre line and tragically kill Wayne Bryant? Here's Hannah again. UNSETTLING MUSIC The police now admit not breath-testing the priest for booze was a mistake. The officer who, uh, was tasked and should have done that, um, should have done that, and we've acknowledged that. But given that there's no other evidence to suggest that alcohol was a factor, and that was hence obviously why the charges that he was eventually charged with, uh, stood. And yet, on the night of the accident, Fr Vince Smith had admitted he'd fallen asleep at the wheel. I mean, we look at things like whether there's obviously alcohol on the breath ` um, that's obviously a clear indication; perhaps their demeanour the way they're acting ` uh, you know, stumbling or whatever. But what caused him to lose control and kill Wayne Bryant was not nearly as obvious or commonplace as drink-driving. Had you been drinking? Had you been drinking? No. On the Monday at lunchtime, all the priests gathered, you know, as we do on a Monday, and we had a special kind of a thing, because I was 80. We'd all had a whisky and a wine with our dinner. But the accident was on the Tuesday ` a whole 24 hours after the whisky and the wine. I remember seeing, uh, workmen on the roads, just on 5 o'clock. And there was roadworks going on, and they were packing up. And when I went back ` and I thought it was just, uh, down the road, but it was about 3 miles away. So I must have been asleep for quite a long time. And I woke up, and I'm crossways on the road. I straighten up, and there's a chap right in front of me. Fr Vince had undiagnosed sleep apnoea ` a condition which caused him to suddenly and regularly fall asleep. You know, I tried to swerve,... TYRES SCREECH ...sideswipe the front of his car, but his was standing by his door, you know, he was going to get into his car. So you woke up in the moment before you hit Wayne? Yeah. I can still see him standing there. CRASH! How do you come to terms with that? Oh, you know, I think... I think faith helps you, you know, and, uh, knowing that God loves you, you know, and that there is forgiveness in the world. ALL SING: # Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound. # But this accident would never have happened if Fr Vince hadn't got behind the wheel. It's not that I feel` Well, I feel kinda responsible, but not blameworthy, you know? He'd been falling asleep at random times for years and says he didn't know anything could be done about it. I didn't think it was abnormal for an old man to fall asleep in the afternoon anyway. My father always did it. (CHUCKLES) He used to go to sleep sitting at the table, you know, after lunch or after tea. And he'd suddenly snore and wake himself up. (LAUGHS) He should've taken responsibility. He should've thought, 'I'm not right.' Cos if he had gone and got tested, my husband would still be alive today. Fr Vince plead guilty to a charge of careless driving causing death. The only time this family got to express their pain and disbelief to him was in court. How did you feel, Fr Vince, when they were reading those victim impact statements? READS: 'My father was a better part of me. 'My best friend, my hero, my life.' It's hard to say how you feel at the time. But I was concerned` you know, I-I felt compassion for them, you know. 'One day I may have a place in my heart for forgiveness. 'But until that day comes, it will forever be overshadowed by the heartache from that choice.' And I can understand, you know, sometimes their words were a bit far-fetched ` well, not far-fetched. I shouldn't say far-fetched ` but they were very emotional, you know. Here's a widow with four children whose whole worlds have been shattered and torn apart. Surely you would feel some sort of compassion. Surely. You know? How could you not? Fr Vince lost his licence for a year and was ordered to give the Bryants $4000. < Have you personally come to terms with what's happened? Oh yes. Yes, I have, you know. It's a thing I'll always have, you know, but you can't change the past. That's the thing. You know, you can change the future, but not the past. And I've been on the CPAP machine, and it's changed my life radically. You put this thing on your nose... Every night, he has to use the CPAP machine to control his sleep apnoea. It's a condition of his licence. But the fact he's even allowed behind the wheel infuriates the Bryants. You'd think at that age and after the sleep apnoea and killing someone, um, you'd think that they would lose their licence` ...indefinitely. ...indefinitely. ...indefinitely, yeah. That's just, like, common sense, really. Yeah, well, we just don't want it to be another family sitting here torn apart like we are because he thinks that` what for me feels like he's above the law. The issues in relation to this particular driver had been raised with NZTA. They're obviously the agency that deals with driver licences. So those issues and concerns have been raised with NZTA. POIGNANT MUSIC The police weren't the only ones with concerns. This is what I was interested in showing you. This is what I was interested in showing you. (GASPS) 20/20 requested Wayne's file from the police. In it, a letter from another priest which claims Fr Vince doesn't understand the gravity of his actions and he shouldn't be driving. This is everything you felt, isn't it? (SOBS) He has no concept of what he's done to us. It's about him. You know? GENTLE COUNTRY MUSIC Every Sunday, Jo visits Wayne. Today's special because she's on Wayne's baby, driven by his best mate. Don't you just wanna go fast? What is life like without Wayne? Hard. And I've gotta do it all on my own when you don't have that person... to talk to, you know, about everything. Dylan wants to go to a party tonight. We know what we'd be saying if you were here. (CHUCKLES) (SNIFFLES) 'Going with Ben and Rob, eh? Three ratbags ` next generation.' It's hard trying to be there for the kids, being strong, you know? Trying to show them the right way and... You know, I've got amazing friends and family and that, so I'm blessed with that. But, you know, it's still... We'd give anything to have him... there. Come on, mate. Let's go. Jo's life has taken a dramatically different direction. But even with the passage of time, it's hard to accept mistakes from the force and the faith. Oh, I know that Wayne would want me to be happy, you know. That's... That's what he would want. But for me, it's like I have to get this done for him ` honour him in that way, you know. He's my husband. He may not be here, but he's still my husband. And so I need to honour him, you know... (SNIFFES) and get that done. Next up on 20/20 ` a special report. After the party is over ` a crime witnessed by many but stopped by none. The Steubenville, Ohio rape trial will expose the not-so-secret lives of teenagers in today's digital world. Much of the case has focused on cell phone pictures... ...posted online... ...online... ...uncovered tweets... ...shocking tweets... An underground of lurid texts and tweets ` high school students posting their own drunken, reckless and criminal behaviour online. 1 Welcome back. Steubenville, Ohio is a football-obsessed city that typically makes headlines for touchdowns, not trials. But a verdict in the case of two high school football players split the Middle American town and sparked a national discussion in America about the world of teens today. Ma'lik Richmond, 16, and Trent Mays, 17, were charged in the juvenile court of the sexual assault of an intoxicated 16-year-old girl after a night of partying that then played out in shocking text messages, pictures and videos. Here's Elizabeth Vargas with a special report ` After the Party is Over. DRAMATIC MUSIC This week, a swift verdict in a trial that split a small town in Middle America. ALL CHANT: We want justice! Both of the defendants are guilty. Emotional apologies ` too little, too late. I'm sorry to put you guys through this. It's just I` (SOBS) Tonight ` new voices and new knowledge. The events of one night casting a white-hot spotlight on a crisis in America. This is not just a Steubenville problem. This is a nationwide problem. Sex crimes being recorded instead of reported. Think about all the bystanders. Nobody tried to stop what was going on. Certainly nobody tried to help her. Exactly. Decision-making has completely gone out the window. You used the language that she was treated like a toy that night. I'm not going to mince words. That's how she was treated. The Steubenville, Ohio, rape trial would expose the not so secret lives of teenagers in today's digital world. Much of the case is about cell-phone pictures. Posted online. Online. Undercover tweets. Shocking tweets. An underground of lurid texts and tweets. High-school students posting their own drunken, reckless and criminal behaviour online. Without social media, it would not have come to light. You could not have prosecuted this? You could not have prosecuted this? Our victim wouldn't know what happened. It's social media, it's cyber bullying, it's sexual assault. Here it all is in sort of one perfect storm. And for parents, a harsh lesson. This experience for us has been like waking up in a nightmare. It's a story for everybody who has kids in middle school, in high school and in college. Those parties are taking place, last night, they'll be taking place tonight and people need to step up and learn from this. CROWD CHEERS Steubenville typically makes headlines for touchdowns, not trials. A football-frenzied town straight out of Friday Night Lights. We're going to play fast and take what we can get, gentlemen, you understand me? Let's show 'em what we got. Up till recently, Steubenville's claim to fame was being the birthplace of Dean Martin and former porn star Traci Lords. In the middle of this once thriving, now struggling city of 18,000, nestled on the eastern border of Ohio, stands Harding Stadium, the crown jewel of this former steel town. < What is it like in this town on game day? It's a very exciting time. The fans are loud. The band's playing. It's a lot of hype. Everyone's there at the stadium. It's packed. People here say the fortunate few who make this elite high-school squad with nine state championships to its name aren't just players, they're demigods. When you play at Steubenville, people know your name. I mean, when you walk down the street, they see you and know your name. Names like quarterback Trent Mays and wide receiver Ma'lik Richmond. Names now known for the being at the centre of this story. But they had been known as sophomore standouts on the team. The games are` they're like college or pro games. In his one and only television interview, conducted before he was convicted of a heinous crime, Ma'lik Richmond told me what it was like to pull on that big red jersey. Lots of kids in town grow up hoping, wishing one day they could play for Big Red Football. Were you one of those kids? > Were you one of those kids? > Yes, I was. And then there's Trent. His father, Brian, a football coach, says there's football in his son's DNA. One of his dreams since he was a kid was to play quarterback for Steubenville. It was a dream that for these boys was coming true. In the waning days of summer, last August 11th, Big Red has a scrimmage game. Ma'lik and Trent are on the field. It's a preview for what's coming up, you know? It's` A chance to scope out the talent. A chance to scope out the talent. Absolutely. We have promising athletes coming up. Let's see how they perform. And Ma'lik and Trent both put on impressive preseason performances. How did the game go? It was good. I had two touchdowns, and the fans were screaming and cheering. And I was just thinking, like, 'I just can't wait till the season to start.' For each of those touchdowns the team mascot Man O' War breathes a 6ft stream of fire into the night sky over Steubenville. But a very different firestorm is about to engulf Ma'lik, Trent, the team and the entire town. After that scrimmage, a raucous post-game party ensues in an unsupervised house, where apparently everyone's got a drink in one hand and a cell phone in the other. A lot of celebrating among the team? Yeah. We was really, like, discussing, like, we're going to win the state championship. Joining in the revelry with Trent and Ma'lik that night is a girl ` 16 years old, an honours student and a soccer player from a high school across the river in West Virginia. She had her arm wrapped around me and one hand, like, on my chest. And she was, like` we were just talking. The night begins with harmless high-school flirting. But over the next several hours, there will be drinking, party hopping and terrible crimes committed. The shocking charges? The girl was sexually assaulted after she got too drunk to consent. While onlookers take cell phone pictures and videos of it all. And Ma'lik and Trent are the boys accused. 10 days after that night, the boys are arrested, accused of not having intercourse but with penetrating the girl with their fingers while she was substantially impaired ` by Ohio law, an act that constitutes rape. The victim says that she woke up the next morning in this room with no clothing on and no memory of what happened. Even her parents first learn about the assault through social media, where detectives say a treasure trove of digital evidence was left behind. Little do they know, someone else is also about to conduct an investigation of her own. Two players were arrested for rape, and, at that point, I'm, like, 'Big Red football players, 'this is big news in Steubenville.' Alexandria Goddard, a crime blogger who used to live in Steubenville, is determined to expose what happened. She starts digging. What she would uncover ` degrading tweets, graphic photographs and one appalling YouTube video would turn a local story into a national scandal. She is so raped right now. She is so raped right now. (GIGGLES) This is about to be on TV. She is dead. Get on the phone and call the police. That's what you do when you know of a crime. You don't make a`? You don't make a`? No. You don't make a video of it and put it on YouTube where someone like me can find it. (GUFFAWS) Next on 20/20 ` we break down exactly what happened that night and ask where were the adults? At this house, the only opportunity for a parent to step in slips away when the mother at home says any teen not sleeping over has to leave. It is as they all leave that this infamous photo of Trent, Ma'lik and Jane Doe is taken. How did that picture come to be taken? Her ex-boyfriend said he wanted to get a picture of 'this drunk b'. Right from the start, it was just mistake after mistake. There was an excuse for everything. 1 Welcome back. In part two of our special report After the Party is Over, we break down the night, party by party, assault by assault and ask why so many witnesses but no rescuers. EMOTIVE MUSIC As police being investigating the case against Ma'lik Richmond and Trent Mays, they can't rely on the victim, 16-year-old Jane Doe, who has no memory of the assault. Instead, they parade a who's who of Steubenville teenagers in to be questioned about what really happened that fateful summer night. Among them are honours students and athletes, many of whom knew of the crime, some of whom even saw it, but none of whom thought to call authorities or a parent. We needed their testimony. It was crucial. Prosecutors say the night begins with this, a tweet from Trent early in the evening ` 'Huge party! Banger!' The party is at this house, hosted by a 16-year-old girl. As many as 50 teenagers have gathered to celebrate the end of summer. There are no parents at home. Jane Doe knows Trent through mutual friends. She had asked Trent to come to that party specifically. She had asked Trent to come to that party specifically. Yes. But Ma'lik is meeting her for the first time. Would you call it a wild party? Would you call it a wild party? Yes. Were people getting drunk? Well, everybody was drinking. But I wouldn't say, like, 'drunk' drunk. One person who witnesses agree is drunk is Jane Doe. She's had a red slushy spiked with vanilla vodka, a Smirnoff malt liquor and several shots. Just after midnight, the host's 24-year-old brother comes home. He is a volunteer football coach at Big Red. He breaks up the party, sending drunken teenagers out into the night. He later tells police he did not see any intoxicated teens. In exclusive police interviews obtained by 20/20, the teenage partiers recount what they remember. Jane Doe's best friend says she is determined to leave with Trent. I went out, and I, like, tried to stop her. 'Oh, you're not leaving with them?' She was like, 'I'm going with them. I'm going.' Cos she's done this before, I said, 'She's not doing this again.' How did the victim seem to you? Fine. She was just a little angry at her friends and telling them` telling her friends to leave her alone and she's fine. Even though she has stopped drinking, the effects of the alcohol continue to worsen. Jane Doe gets into a car with Trent, Ma'lik and two other boys for the 10-minute drive to the house of another Big Red football player. I could tell that she was gradually getting more drunk and worse throughout the night. Like, that she couldn't` like, she didn't walk. As soon as she arrives at the second house, Jane Doe goes to the bathroom and gets sick. It is all Steubenville high-school people. Yeah. Yeah. The victim is from West Virginia. So she's isolated. She's alone. She's the most vulnerable because she's that intoxicated. At this house, the only opportunity for a parent to step in slips away when the mother at home says any teen not sleeping over has to leave. It is as they all leave that this infamous photo of Trent, Ma'lik and Jane Doe is taken. How was that picture taken? How was that picture taken? Her ex-boyfriend said he wanted to get a picture of this drunk b. How did she get into that position? She was willing to give him the picture that way, ma'am. We asked her. That's when she said, 'Yeah, it's fine.' What was she doing when you asked her that question? She was` She was just, like, laughing. We were all just talking, just clowning around. Once again, concerned girls at this second house plead with Jane Doe not to leave with the boys, but they don't call for help. She wanted to go with Trent and, like, we just kept trying to tell her, 'You don't want to do this, going with them.' And I just let her do what she wanted, which I understand was wrong. Now, outside the second house, a disturbing scene. Jane Doe sitting in the street, vomiting, surrounded by a group of laughing boys. And she throws up on her blouse, and she takes her blouse off. She took her blouse off? She took her blouse off? Yes. She took her blouse off? Yes. All by herself? Yes. Yes. Why did she take her blouse off? Because she had threw up all over her blouse, and I gave her my jacket. There was a lot of people just around her, laughing. Laughing? Yes. Just laughing about her, like, throwing up and laying in the street. The humiliation continues when a boy offers $3 to anyone who will urinate on her. A joke, he says, that nobody takes him up on. I mean, I just kind of heard people go, 'Piss on her. Piss on her.' And this is all on the street, right outside this house? BOTH: Yes. BOTH: Yes. Where there is a parent home. Correct. And nobody came out to the street to see what all the commotion was? Nobody came out to say, 'What's going on?' Nobody got her water, nobody said, 'Hey, I'll take her home. Let's get her home.' Instead, that same group of teens gets back into the car for another 10-minute drive to their final destination of the night, the home of yet another Big Red football player. Ma'lik is in the front seat, Jane Doe and Trent are in the back. Is there anything going on in the backseat? The music was up, ma'am, so, I really` I couldn't hear nothing. Playing on the radio that night ` a rap song called Way Too Gone. SOUNDTRACK: # I'm way too gone. # What the <BLEEP> am I doing? # I wake up in the morning # who the <BLEEP>...? # An anthem for a night that has already gone way too far and is about to cross the line from crass to criminal. We were in the car. Trent asked me to make a video of him, and I did. Of him fingering her? Of him fingering her? Yes. Under Ohio law, Jane Doe has just been raped. What was Trent doing? Well, Trent was rubbing on her breast, and she was kissing his neck, and then he was, like, trying to unbutton her pants. Did she seem to be responsive at all? No. She was just kissing on Trent's neck. So, she wasn't unconscious? > So, she wasn't unconscious? > No, ma'am. Around 1.15 in the morning, the group arrives at the third house and heads to the basement, where Jane Doe gets sick again. At that point, weren't you thinking, 'She must be really drunk'? I really couldn't tell you. So, you weren't thinking that a girl who keeps repeatedly throwing up was pretty drunk? No, because it's natural. You see that a lot? You see that a lot? Yeah. At parties? Not just at parties. You see it everywhere. You can see that at a football game. You can see that at a concert. You can see that anywhere. And even though other witnesses says she looked way out of it, that she was stumbling and slurring her words, you never saw her stumbling and slurring? No. No. Ever? During that entire night? No. She was having problems with coordination, vomiting. She was very drunk. And they had to have known it. Nevertheless, another sexual assault is about to occur, and this time, witnesses say, Ma'lik goes from being a bystander to a participant. What's the first thing that happens when you go downstairs? They started fingering her on the floor, and they were both fingering her. On this issue, Ma'lik's attorney would not allow him to comment. What I'm saying is that nothing happened that evening non-consensual. There is no evidence to suggest that she was unconscious while laying there naked on that basement floor. But other witnesses that night say she was very very impaired, that she was stumbling, falling over. How is that not a heavily intoxicated girl? No witness ever used the word impaired. You don't think being drunk means being impaired? Substantially impaired to the point where you can't consent is the issue. But this witness tells police during the assault in the basement, the girl is unresponsive and that Trent takes nude photos of her, creating more digital evidence that will eventually lead to his conviction. That's what I was trying to tell him ` you need to, you know, please go to sleep, stop. But it doesn't stop. That same teenager later tells police he takes out his phone. But instead of calling for help on his way out, he too takes pictures. How many pictures did you take while you were at the house? How many pictures did you take while you were at the house? Ah, there were two. Those pictures would eventually be deleted, but not before other boys see them, including Michael Nodianos, who reacts with that repulsive 12-minute rant. She's at least a 14, dead. She's more` She's deader than a door nail. A video that was the tinderbox for the whole case, made by someone who would later tell police he wasn't even at the scene of the crime. Are you there at all when she's in the house? Are you there at all when she's in the house? No. I've never met her before or anything in my life. As the night finally comes to an end, the sexual assault may be over, but for Jane Doe the verbal assault on social media is just beginning. All right. Next on 20/20 ` dramatic scenes from the courtroom and a community left wondering whether justice really was done. Before the trial of Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond ever began, the high school athletes charged with rape had already won their biggest courtroom victory. Both of these defendantse been tried in the adult court. I mean, if they were adults, they'd be going for up to 11 years into Ohio's prisons. They've already gotten a huge break. Let down by the force; 1 Welcome back. Steubenville has been under the spotlight after a drunken party ended with the rape of a young girl, which was photographed, videoed and spread on the web. Elizabeth Vargas was in court for the dramatic finale in this sordid episode. Many of the things that we learned during this trial... ...before the verdict... ...that our children say and do,... ...before the witnesses testified... ...were profane, were ugly, with alcohol consumption shown. Before the trial of Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond ever began, the high-school athletes charged with rape had already won their biggest courtroom victory. Both of these defendants could have been tried in the adult court. I mean, if they were adults, they'd be going for up to 11 years and to Ohio's prisons. They have already gotten a huge break. A huge break but also their last. DRAMATIC MUSIC In a Steubenville courtroom on Sunday, the verdict. And it is the court's decision that both of the defendants are hereby adjudicated delinquent beyond a reasonable doubt on all three counts as charged. It's similar to a finding of guilty in the adult court. It provokes an outpouring of emotion. SOBBING After the verdict, before sentencing the boys, who are now felons, the judge gives them an opportunity to speak. Trent Mays makes no mention of the rape he's just been convicted of; instead, apologising for the photos. I would truly like to apologise to her family, my family, and the community. No pictures should have been sent around, let alone even taken. Ma'lik Richmond responds very differently. I would like to apologise to you people. I have no intentions to do anything like that. And I'm sorry to put you guys through this. I just` I... (SOBS) His first instinct was, 'I want to speak to that family,' and he apologised in a way, unless he's a great actor, you have to say was genuine. I watched the two boys in court, and it was actually hard. I could feel for them. Jane Doe's attorney, Bob Fitzsimmons, says the girl's mother planned to stay outside the courtroom during the verdict. And when she saw what happened and the emotions with the two defendants, she wanted to come in, because they were apologising to her and the family, and she wanted to accept that. Does she forgive him? She does. Mum does. That says a lot. Mm-hm. Only the prosecutors, it seems, were not moved. The way we viewed the emotion... We would have liked to have seen that on the night of August 12th ` a bit of compassion for another human being. In the end, the judge sentenced Ma'lik Richmond to one year for rape. Trent Mays got a year for rape and another year for the nude photos he took of Jane Doe. But in a city eager for closure, the healing will have to wait. Within hours of the verdict, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine jolts the community, announcing a grand jury will consider widening the case. We cannot bring finality to this matter without the convening of a grand jury. What are the chances other people will be in fact indicted in this whole sordid story? I owe it to the Steubenville community, really, to get this over with as quickly as we can. But at the same time, I understand that the community has to feel that justice was done. Are you going to look into charging parents with failing to supervise these kids? I'm not going to say the parents will or won't face charges. But that includes the football coach? That will include anybody who has any information about what occurred that night. The Ohio law seems pretty clear. If you know about a felony, you have an obligation, a duty, to report it, right? You have to actually have knowledge that this was a felony that is occurring. So, is it possible Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond didn't even know they were committing rape? Is that why, in our pre-trial interview with sincerity in his voice, Richmond told me this? I realise that I was doing wrong by drinking and partying, but I really did not` I didn't rape anybody. I didn't witness a rape going on, and if I would have thought that somebody was being raped or anything like that, I would have stopped it. That's been a lot of the criticism of the other boys in the case. Everybody was sort of laughing at her, but nobody was helping her. I really just think that everybody was just` had a few drinks in them and they wasn't really thinking. Nobody was thinking clearly? Nobody was thinking clearly? Yes, I think everybody was just... out of their minds. That may be the most troubling revelation of the whole case. The idea that some kids today are awash in a pornified social media world with nude cell-phone photos and explicit texting and may no longer know where that line is between cool and crime. All these boys' cell phones and some of the girls' cell phones contained pictures of girls and boys in various states of undress. This is just part of teen culture these days. What teens don't understand is that there are real world consequences for their online behaviour; that once it's out there, you can't take it back. The trial may be over, but the collateral damage continues. Michael Nodianos, who posted that heartless video, had a full ride academic scholarship to college. She's dead! He has now left school. With some sober reflection, he is ashamed and embarrassed to hear them himself. As for Jane Doe, she is ready to reclaim her real name and her life. What can you tell me about Jane? Jane's a nice little neat high-school girl that is a young lady trying to have a good life and trying to move on with her life right now. She actually plays soccer. She played this fall. She made the honour roll, which` We were very concerned that she wouldn't be able to concentrate as much. Even in the midst of all this? Even in the midst of all this? Even in the midst of this, yeah. So, she did pretty well. And before you know it, a new football season will be here. Another big game on Friday night. But as the hometown team takes the field and the crowds begin to cheer, all of us may do well to remember another night when the lights didn't shine so bright and think of the girl who sends this message. If there's one girl that doesn't have to go through this and that message gets through to some boy, to step up and protect and to stop things like this, then we've really done well. Well, we'll be interested to hear your thoughts on both of those stories tonight. 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