bail. >> reporter: owen labrie will soon be a free man again. >> mr. one through a life-changing experience. fo incarcerated for one hour, two month can be a very long time. >> reporter: the judge reinstating the former star student's bail monday afternoon allowing labrie to be released with one condition. >> electronic monitoring with gps tracking at the defendant's expense. >> reporter: the 20-year-old at the center of a high-profile prep school rape trial walking into the courtroom in chains. his orange jumpsuit a stark difference from his usual clean-cut attire and thick framed glasses. labrie had been out on bail as he appealed his sex assault conviction against a 15-year-old girl while both were students at the prestigious st. paul school. >> i was raped. >> reporter: he spent the last two months in a new hampshire jail, most of that time in solitary confinement. a judge revoking his became when a reporter tweeted that she saw him on a train, prosecutors say he violated his curfew but just last week the state supreme court urged the judge to rethi

you can hate owen labrie. you can believe owen labrie should have gotten a stiffer sentence.hat owen labrie should have been convicted on all of the other charges, but that's not what bail is for. bail is to make sure someone is showing up in court pending the appeal because even the supreme court has said that he has real issues on appeal. >> what does this mean for his appeal? >> look, it means the supreme court's language is very helpful to his appeal. the supreme court basically saying he wasn't -- we think that there is a real issue here that he wasn't able to cross-examine a critical witness. that's a huge signal from the supreme court and i think that's one of the most important things enforcing this judge to grant bail. >> okay, dan abrams, thanks very much. >>> all right, and now to that mystery surrounding sinead o'connor's sudden disappearance. the singer failing to return from a bike ride. chicago police scouring a suburb for her before finally trackin her down and abc's alex perez has the latest. >> reporter: this morning, the frantic search for singer/songwriter

set that young man free for now. >> reporter: handcuffed with shackled feet, former star student owen labrie leaves court, where a judge granted him freedom, for now. >> i'm going to reinstate bail with one addition allen can, which is electronic monitoring with gps tracking. >> reporter: labrie, a then senior at st. paul's school in new hampshire, was convicted -- >> guilt. >> reporter: of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old school mate. his sentence, one year, but he was out on bail. after a reporter on a train tweeted that he was traveling to see his girlfriend, an investigation into other train rides revealed he had violated his strict curfew and he was sent to jail in march. >> for somebody who's never been incarcerated for one hour, too months is -- can be a very long time. >> reporter: just last week, the state supreme court urged the judge to reconsider, saying labrie's violation was not criminal in nature. and david, the once harvard-bound student can sit in jail as his tracking device is set up. he is appealing that conviction and that one-year sentence. david? >> thank you, gio. >>>

owen labrie did not get a fair trial.nd the supreme court of new hampshire looked at all of the issues and zeros in on one. what they say may have merit is this. there was a roommate, a classmate of owen labrie. what the supreme court is saying is, look, the defense can either get the chance to cross-examine him properly, or they didn't take the chance, which would be ineffective assistance. has to do with him allegedly going after young girls the same way owen labrie did, including the victim. >> all right. more to come. thank you very much. good to see you. >>> on the front lines of the zika fight, ahead we'll take you to the u.s. neighborhood most at >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored i did prudential. prudential, bring your challenges. >>> amazon could soon give some of the products on its own website with private label goods. >> ahead, a look at this potentially giant move and how consumers may respond. >> the news is back in the morning here on "cbs this morning." what to look at relapsing way mult

for him, but he' >> reporter: and now newly revealed court documents show that during the trial, owen labrie'sense team argued he was unfairly singled out alleging his roommate who took the stand against labrie -- >> i can't recall specifically -- >> reporter: also engaged in the senior salute where graduating students use the last few days of school to spend time with younger students. he was with a different underclass girl but he was never prosecuted. the judge not allowing those claims to be heard by the jury. that roommate's attorney telling abc news overnight these unfounded and untruthful allegations appear to beart of the defendant's ongoing and desperate trial strategy. and as for owen labrie, the tough talking trial judge doesn't have to release him. these are only recommendations by the state supreme court. it's entirely up to him, george. >> okay, gio, thanks. dan abrams, gio makes the point these are only recommendations bu the court is sort of giving a wink and nod to the lower court and saying we're not telling you what to do but here's what we think you should do. and the court

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owen labrie is serving a 12-month sentence for attacking a female classmate at st. paul's cool in concord, new hampshire. there is a chance he could be released on bail. his trial court is being asked to reconsider its decision to revoke his prior bail for a curfew violation. >>> and a former top coal executive has reported to federal prison in california.f blankenship was sentenced to a year behind bars for his role in the deadliest u.s. mine explosion in four decades. his attorneys are trying to get the conviction overturned. >> there's a new development in the medical malpractice lawsuit involving joan rivers. >> her daughter melissa has released a statement announcing she's reached a settlement. abc's mara schiavocampo with the story. >> reporter: a settlement in the joan rivers medical malpractice lawsuit. her daughter melissa saying i am able to put the legal aspects of my mother's death behind me. the 81-year-old died in september, 2014, following a routine throat procedure at this york new york city medical clinic. rivers went into cardiac arrest. her dot's

owen labrie's bail was revoked in march after he admitted to violating his curfew. but yesterday a judge said he would allow him to be free on appeal as long as labor bre wore an electronic monitoring bracelet. he was convicted of assaulting a 125-year-old girl while both were students at a prestigious boarding school. >>> and singer sinead o'connor has been found safe in the suburbs of chicago. she was listed as missing after not returning from a bike ride early on sunday. two hours after she started that ride, a rambling message was posted on her official facebook page. o'connor was diagnosed with bipolar disorder more than a decade ago. she's admitted to having thoughts of suicide and overwhelming fear. >> moving ahead to tiger woods. he was doing some promotional work yesterday ahead of the upcoming tournament he's hosted in maryland. saying he was hitting the ball better. then he took shots for the cameras. look at the first one. boom. straight into the water. >> wait, no. so that wasn't supposed to happen. >> no. >> well, the second shot's got to be better, ri

. >> owen labrie admitting to violating his curfew but yesterday a judge said he would allow him to be appeal as long as he wears an electronic monitoring bracelet. labrie was convicted of assaulting a 15-year-old while both were students at a prestigious saints paul's school. >>> federal investigators are in mississippi trying to figure out what caused a small plane crash. the aircraft was on its way from texas to virginia when it made a stop in tupelo. shortly after takeoff the plane crashed just half a mile north of 9 airport killing all four people on board. the pilot obviously knew there was a problem. >> we got smoke in the cockpit. we need to come back. >> the coroner plans to use evidence to possley identify the victims. >>> the firehouse is the building that that car is actually skidding into. the crash was caught on the house springs fire department security camera. the firefighters pulled equipment off the trucks to get the passengers out and believe it or not, no serious injuries, but the fire station now needs some extensive repairs. >> i'd say the car, as well. >>> singer

a judge ordered owen labrie to be released from jail.e will be in custody since march after prosecutors say he violated his curfew by traveling to boston to visit his girlfriend. labrie was sentence to a year in prison of attacking the 15-year-old girl at an elite private school back in 2014. >> phillies continue their series with the marlins. velasquez gets the start. a lack of hitting contributed to the phillies loss last night. pitcher jerad eickhoff allowed three runs six hits in last night's series opener. he is winless in his last six starts. >>> single game tickets for eagles home games go on sale today. it starts at 10:00 a.m. you can purchase them at the eagles home page, ticketmaster.com or by calling ticketmaster directly. >> coming up tonight on "action news at 11:00 our nydia han has an extreme case of a home construction project gone very wrong. here's a preview. >> reporter: this historic church is really stunning, isn't it? perhaps you've driven by it and wondered about it am well, i can tell you this. it is now the subje

. >>> owen labrie, the prep school garage whereat convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl is about to be set free. labrie has been in jail since march. now a judge has ruled he can be released with electronic monitoring. labrie was arrested in 2014. he admitted he and the girl had consensual sexual contact as part of a game of sexual conquest, but she says she was raped. >>> today federal safety inspectors are expected to detail the probable cause of last may's amtrak derailment in philadelphia. one official says the engineer was distracted by the radio. eight people were killed in the derailment. the train was going twice the speed limit when it jumped the tracks. >>> don't tell the folks in new england that summer is just about a month away. they've got snow in vermont. nearly six inches fell in some spots. in northern maine, want town of caribou got more than seven inches. another record for this time of year. and in boston, it was so windy on sunday that a bronze statue of ben franklin blew over. >>> 13 public safety officers were recognized at the white house with the

a new hampshire judge is allowing owen labrie to be released with electronic monitoring. he was found guilty last year of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old frisch man as part labrie had been free after his conviction but was sent to jail after they violated curfew. >> reporter: graffiti in the district. it's really a problem in the u street area. you can see here this worker is taking down lots of stickers. it's not just paint, it's also stickers. the city is just starting a several weeks long program to get rid of fwra feeity in all eight wards. the annual budget for this is about $500,000. the city says it will get tough on the people who are doing this graffiti. >> when people see graffiti and it's pervasive in communities, they think that the city doesn't care. and then there is broken bottles and broken lights and it leads to a degradation of the quality of life. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in the district, news 4. >>> we are under three months now from the summer olympics. a lot of people are thinking about the security in the city security police are ready. right

a judge ordered 20-year-old owen labrie to be released from jail.been in custody since march after prosecutors say he violated his curfew by traveling to boston to visit a girlfriend. labrie was sentenced to a year in prison after being convicted of attacking the then 15-year-old girl at an elite private school back in 2014. >> this is new. police released a dramatic flynn 11 call frorunin 11 call 1 call. >> police arrested flint and dj harrison over the weekend in wyoming. police say the father-son duo invited the mother and her four daughters over for a barbecue but it was ruse. the girls are currently in hiding. >> one man is using public humiliation to call out people who text and drive. the unidentified man in wyoming is catching drivers in the act and then uploading the video to facebook and youtube. he doesn't just record the drivers sometimes he confronts them even when they make it really clear they're not trying to hear him. covering to the cdc, eight people die every day in the u.s. because of distracted driving. >> 6:16. there goes the n