office in adams county filing sexual assault charges against the alleged suspect, 28-year-old ian thomas cleary the number one goal is to get justice. i want this to go to trial. i want him to be held accountable. >> the next question is, where is ian cheleary, will he see justice? >> reporter: despite the arrest warrant, authorities have not been able to find cleary and have yet to release his photograph. >> where do you believe this suspect is, and do you believe he will ultimately be arrested? >> we know ian cleary has spent significant time in europe, possibly in france. also in australia. so we're asking the public to really help us identify him and turn him in to law enforcement. >> it's extremely difficult to stay on the run, for starters. it may take some time. if he is going to choose to evade law enforcement. but he'll eventually get caught. >> reporter: shannon was just completing her first semester at gettysburg college. >> it's hard not to remember what happened on december 14th, 2013. because it's a day that changed my life. >> reporter: winter break right around the corner, the l

a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man

a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man who one time lived in saratoga, surviving assault is enough. >> to have to fight for 7 years to get justice on top of that knowing that they're still possibly a trial ahead of you. i mean, it's so much weight on survivors. so i'm glad that she has this moment to really take it in to realize she is believed that she is going to have her case prosecuted killers. attorney laura dunn says the lack of action on the part of prosecutors. >> is common in this country, especially as it relates to assault on college campuses. too often prosecutors to find to bring charges. and i want to be very clear as of our lawyer. but the standard for bringing criminal charges as probable cause and yet you will hear of prosecutors say, well, i can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt. so i'm not even going to bring a charge that is not the standard that is prosecutors looking out for themselves. try to have winning records, not trying to enforce the law as public servants to give justice to survivors, which is what their j

a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man who at one timen saratoga. >> like any survivor would just a huge breath of relief the huge weight was lifted off of her and she did have a very strong emotional reaction was moved to tears. this was something she's been, you know, pushing for for over 7 years. keillor's attorney laura dunn says her client never stop putting the pressure on law enforcement to prosecute. >> but until this week her pleas were ignored no survivor should have to go public share his story and put this amount of pressure district to have charges brought. >> and yet that's necessary hoping shannon's case can wake a lot of prosecutors law enforcement up that we need to be doing better by campus assault survivors in every single case written confession or not. >> dunn says what changed their mind was this facebook messages. they say the suspect sent killer in december of 2019 where they say he admitted to sexually assaulting her. so i raped you. i'll never do it to anyone ever again. but keillor's attorney is not convinced. w

a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man who one time lived in saratoga, surviving assault is enough. >> to have to fight for 7 years to get justice on top of that knowing that they're still possibly a trial ahead of you. i mean, it's so much weight on survivors. so i'm glad that she has this moment. so really take it in to realize she is believed that she is going to have her case prosecuted killers. attorney laura dunn says the lack of action on the part of prosecutors. >> is common in this country, especially as it relates to assault on college campuses. too often prosecutors to find to bring charges. and i want to be very clear as of our lawyer. but the standard for bringing criminal charges as probable cause and yet you will hear of prosecutors say why can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt so i'm not even going to bring a charge that is not the standard that is prosecutors looking out for themselves. try to have winning records, not trying to enforce the law as public servants to give justice to survivors, which is what their job ac

a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man who one time lived in saratoga, surviving assault is enough. >> to have to fight for 7 years to get justice on top of that knowing that they're still possibly a trial ahead of you. i mean, it's so much weight on survivors. so i'm glad that she has this moment. so really take it in to realize she is believed that she is going to have her case prosecuted killers. attorney laura dunn says the lack of action on the part of prosecutors. >> is common in this country, especially as it relates to assault on college campuses. too often prosecutors to find to bring charges. and i want to be very clear as of our lawyer. but the standard for bringing criminal charges as probable cause and yet you will hear of prosecutors say why can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt so i'm not even going to bring a charge that is not the standard that is prosecutors looking out for themselves. try to have winning records, not trying to enforce the law as public servants to give justice to survivors, which is what their job ac

a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man who one time lived in saratoga, surviving assault is enough. >> to have to fight for 7 years to get justice on top of that knowing that they're still possibly a trial ahead of you. i mean, it's so much weight on survivors. so i'm glad that she has this moment to really take it in to realize she is believed that she is going to have her case prosecuted killers. attorney laura dunn says the lack of action on the part of prosecutors. >> is common in this country, especially as it relates to assault on college campuses. too often prosecutors declined to bring charges and i want to be very clear as of our lawyer. but the standard for bringing criminal charges as probable cause and yet you will hear of prosecutors say why can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt. so i'm not even going to bring a charge that is not the standard that is prosecutors looking out for themselves. try to have winning records, not trying to enforce the law as public servants to give justice to survivors, which is what their job ac

ian cleary who at one time lived in saratoga, the district attorney in adams county, pennsylvania, howevere not to prosecute until dow. what changed? prosecutors mines. we're facebook messages in them. ian clearly admit to the rape. as you can see right there, that's the post. we know from the messages he has some sense of guilt or responsibility. so we are asking him to cooperate to turn himself in and really to put an end. >> to this. this kind ordeal. the show has been suffering ever since she met him. >> as we've said, he is from saratoga but police don't know where he is now. kron 4 doesn't normally name people who have been sexually assaulted, but keillor chose to make her story public. >> well hate crimes against asian americans jumped a 107% in california last year in what state attorney general rob bonta is calling an epidemic of hate. according to a report released by bond his office. there were 89 hate crimes reported against asian americans in the state last year compared to 43 in 2019. the spike came in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic and the stay at home orders despite

a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man who one timesaratoga, surviving assault is enough. >> to have to fight for 7 years to get justice on top of that knowing that they're still possibly a trial ahead of you. i mean, it's so much weight on survivors. so i'm glad that she has this moment to really take it in to realize she is believed that she is going to have her case prosecuted killers. attorney laura dunn says the lack of action on the part of prosecutors. >> is common in this country, especially as it relates to assault on college campuses. too often prosecutors to find to bring charges. and i want to be very clear as of our lawyer. but the standard for bringing criminal charges as probable cause and yet you will hear of prosecutors say why can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt so i'm not even going to bring a charge that is not the standard that is prosecutors looking out for themselves. try to have winning records, not trying to enforce the law as public servants to give justice to survivors, which is what their job actually is d