abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley joins us live with the details. leslie? >> well, this out of court settlement allows the family to avoid a trial and the painful testimony that could surface. the case could garner national headlines. it is about alcohol, sexual assault, sexting and bullying. at a high school party in 2012 audrey drank a potent punch of vodka and gatorade and passed out. she was then sexually assaulted. the three attackers took pictures and shared it with classmates. days after the photos emerged, audrey hung herself. three teenage boys were found guilty and one settled out of court last month. now closure as the boys agree to pay $950,000 as part of a wrongful death lawsuit and they had to issue a public apology in court before a judge on friday. the apology included admitting that audrey was not conscious during the assault. she did not give concept -- consent and did not invite or encourage the sexual act. the apology addressed the suicide. i apologize for false rumors that served to shame and humiliate her. audrey did not deserve nor wo

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley joins us live with the details. leslie? >> well, this out of court settlement allows the family to avoid a trial and the painful testimony that could surface. the case could garner national headlines. it is about alcohol, sexual assault, sexting and bullying. at a high school party in 2012 audrey drank a potent punch of vodka and gatorade and passed out. she was then sexually assaulted. the three attackers took pictures and shared it with classmates. days after the photos emerged, audrey hung herself. three teenage boys were found guilty and one settled out of court last month. now closure as the boys agree to pay $950,000 as part of a wrongful death lawsuit and they had to issue a public apology in court before a judge on friday. the apology included admitting that audrey was not conscious during the assault. she did not give concept -- consent and did not invite or encourage the sexual act. the apology addressed the suicide. i apologize for false rumors that served to shame and humiliate her. audrey did not deserve nor wo

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley joins us live with the details. leslie? >> well, this out of court settlement allows the family to avoid a trial and the painful testimony that could surface. the case could garner national headlines. it is about alcohol, sexual assault, sexting and bullying. at a high school party in 2012 audrey drank a potent punch of vodka and gatorade and passed out. she was then sexually assaulted. the three attackers took pictures and shared it with classmates. days after the photos emerged, audrey hung herself. three teenage boys were found guilty and one settled out of court last month. now closure as the boys agree to pay $950,000 as part of a wrongful death lawsuit and they had to issue a public apology in court before a judge on friday. the apology included admitting that audrey was not conscious during the assault. she did not give concept -- consent and did not invite or encourage the sexual act. the apology addressed the suicide. i apologize for false rumors that served to shame and humiliate her. audrey did not deserve nor wo

leslie brinkley is live in san jose with details of that settlement that includes much more than money. leslie? >> a case that made national headlines of the dangers of teen drug use drinking and sexual assault and nude photographs. the settlement requires the two teens to pay a total of $950,000 to audrie potts parents and issue a formal apology to the judge which they did in court in person this morning. that apology included admitting that audrie was not conscious during the assault and admitting she did not give consent and admitting she did not invite or encourage sexual acts. beyond that, they allude to her eventual suicide as they said i also apologized for false rumors that shamed and humiliated her. not what any human being deserves what we put audrie through. >> had this gone to trial, it would have been a very difficult thing to watch. it would have been particularly difficult for the defense because they had admitted to the wrongdoing in court. they had already committed crimes and had pled guilty to them. there's no question that very unflattering testimony would have come

in san jose, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> developing news this morning. a man from oakland is the first reported u.s. citizen killed in yemen. our media partner, the bay area news group, reports jamal died in a mo. to r shelling while walking back. he was trying to get his wife and two-year-old daughter out of the violence there. bay area council on bay area relations is calling for the evacuation of all u.s. citizens. a san francisco supervisor is also joining the call to' evacuate americans trapped in yemen. he stood with community groups yesterday to urge the u.s. to intervene on behalf of some 300 bones can't leave the war-torn country. among those trapped is a man from san francisco, the 26-year-old was there working with coffee farmers. his brother is upset with the lack of help. the u.s. has three navy ships in the area. >> the u.s. department, their message to us was they cannot do anything at the moment and their message to him was to stay inside and stay safe. >> he tried to leave, but was stopped by a militia group as he tried to board a boat i

leslie brinkley talked to a woman who was home alone and shared the remarkable video with us. >> you think you are secure if you have surveillance systems if you have locked doors and motion sensor lights. none of those things deer ited this burglar. >> heidi woke up when she heard a noise at 1:50 a.m. >> i turned on the app on my phone which takes a second. and i can pull up my cameras and i see outside my bedroom window that there is a man standing outside the bedroom window. >> the man wore a light colored shirt and a beanie. he circled the house casing it as she dialed 9-1-1. >> lock your door and wait in your room for the police. they are on their way. >> it was an agonizing wait. 13 horrifying minutes until the police arrived. the man put on gloves and he eventually popped open the locked sliding glass door to the kitchen. he ignored the alarm and walked bedroom to bedroom going through drawers and overturning a mattress. >> you are hearing all of this? >> i can hear thumping, but i don't know what the thumping is. >> but then he comes to your door. >> he comes to my door and m

in san jose, i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. >>> also developing this morning, a man from oakland is the first reported u.s. citizen killed in the recent strife in yemen. our media partner the bay area news group, reports a man died in a mortar shelling. the gas station ownerer was trying to get to his wife and 2-year-old daughter, want to go get both of them out of the violence. the council on islamic relations is calling for the evacuation of all u.s. citizens. a san francisco supervisor is also joining the call to evacuate americans trapped in that country. supervisor james kim stood with community groups to urge the u.s. to intervene on behalf of some 300 americans who cannot leave the war torn country. among those trapped is a man from san francisco. the 26-year-old was there working with coffee farmers. his brother is very upset by the lack of help. the u.s. has three navy ships currently in the area. >> the u.s. department, their message to us was that they cannot do anything at the moment and their message to him was to, quote, stay inside and stay safe. >> he was trying to l

in san jose i'm leslie brinkley abc7 news. >>> developing news this morning. a man from oakland is the first reported u.s. citizen killed in yemen. our media partner the bay area news group, reports jamal died while talk back. he was trying to get his wife and two-year-old daughter out of the violence there. bay area council on bay area relations is calling for the evacuation of all u.s. citizens. they are also supporting for all americans to be released trapped in yemen. there are some 300 americans who cannot leave the war-torn country. among those trapped is a man from san francisco, the 26-year-old was there working with coffee farmers. his brother is upset with the lack of help. u.s. has three navy ships in the area. >> the u.s. department their message was they cannot do anything at the moment and their message to him was to stay inside and stay safe. >> he tried to leave but was stopped by a militia group as he tried to board a boat in aden. this week some moreinners were helped to leave yemen. >>> the san francisco police chief greg suhr is asking for

leslie brinkley talked to a woman who was home alone and shared the remarkable video with us. >> yourveillance systems if you have locked doors and motion sensor lights. none of those things deer ited this burglar. >> heidi woke up when she heard a noise at 1:50 a.m. >> i turned on the app on my phone which takes a second. and i can pull up my cameras and i see outside my bedroom window that there is a man standing outside the bedroom window. >> the man wore a light colored shirt and a beanie. he circled the house casing it as she dialed 9-1-1. >> lock your door and wait in your room for the police. they are on their way. >> it was an agonizing wait. 13 horrifying minutes until the police arrived. the man put on gloves and he eventually popped open the locked sliding glass door to the kitchen. he ignored the alarm and walked bedroom to bedroom going through drawers and overturning a mattress. >> you are hearing all of this? >> i can hear thumping, but i don't know what the thumping is. >> but then he comes to your door. >> he comes to my door and my door with the double doors were cl

leslie brinkley talked to a woman who was home alone and shared the remarkable video with us. >> you think you are secure if you have surveillance systems if you have locked doors and motion sensor lights. none of those things deer ited this burglar. >> heidi woke up when she heard a noise at 1:50 a.m. >> i turned on the app on my phone which takes a second. and i can pull up my cameras and i see outside my bedroom window that there is a man standing outside the bedroom window. >> the man wore a light colored shirt and a beanie. he circled the house casing it as she dialed 9-1-1. >> lock your door and wait in your room for the police. they are on their way. >> it was an agonizing wait. 13 horrifying minutes until the police arrived. the man put on gloves and he eventually popped open the locked sliding glass door to the kitchen. he ignored the alarm and walked bedroom to bedroom going through drawers and overturning a mattress. >> you are hearing all of this? >> i can hear thumping, but i don't know what the thumping is. >> but then he comes to your door. >> he comes to my door and m