reporter: on a spring evening in 2014, 15-year-old chessy prout went on a date with then senior owen labrie. she says the night went terribly wrong, putting her, labrie and one of the country's most elite i was violated in so many ways. >> it's been more than two years since the incident took place and a year since labrie was acquitted of felony rape charges but found guilty of a lesser felony and four misdemeanors including sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. labrie was sentenced to a year in jail but is out on bail, appealing his conviction. >> they said that they didn't believe that he did it and that frustrated me a lot because he definitely did do it knowingly. >> throughout the trial labrie maintained the encounter was consensual. >> what happened when you tried to go back to school and i guess it seemed like everybody knew? >> everybody pretty much knew i think and none of my old friends that were boys would talk to me. nobody was talking about the issue itself, they weren't trying to prevent it from >> in the midst of a lawsuit against st. paul. the school came un

> reporter: jesse proud sitting down with savannah guthry talking about her 2014 encounter with owen labrie and the trial that followed. >> in the pursuit of justice i would have done anything. >> reporter: labrie was convicted of sexual assault but not rape. >> they said he he did it knowingly. that frustrated me a lot. he definitely did do it knowingly. the fact that he was still able to pull the wool over a group of people's eyes bothered me a lot. just disgusted me. >> reporter: proud left the prestige arious prep that she and labrie were students. graduating boys tried to have sex with younger girls. claiming officials failed to protect children entrusted to its care. >> unfortunately it seems like the school's reputation became more important rather than supporting our daughter. >> reporter: st. paul's released a statement stating we deny that there existed at the school a culture or tradition of sexual assault. there's no denying the survivors experience caused us to look anew at the culture and bring about positive ch own what happened to me. and i'm going to make sure that other pe

in april, a jury convicted owen labrie of sexually assaulting the girl and her family is suing the school. the school's response denies there is an ongoing problem with the upperclassmen and done to prevent this from happening ha back to business for restaurants in the zika hot zone. the businesses are reopen even though they are urging to have a state emergency declared. 21 people have come down with the virus after visiting a particular neighborhood. they were capturing two dozen mosquitos in traps and now the number has dropped significantly. as for now the virus haven't been found anywhere else in the united states. >>> 26 mines for the first time we are hearing delta's ceo as the airline shut down for hours. a small fire passed the operation center and knocked computer systems offline. without the system the airline was forced to cancel thousands of flights. and it could be weeks before the airline know that key back-up systems kick in. >> we own it, i own it. i am personally responsible for this happening and i will make sure this doesn't happen again. >> everything is now back to n

in spring of 2014, prout went on date with popular senior owen labrie and it ended in serious charges. i was raped. >> i was violated in so many ways. >> labrie pain maintain encounter was skengs all but convicted of sexual assault. he was however acquitted of rape. they they had they didn't believe he did knowingly. that fst he definitely did do in knowing he was fooled school tradition called senior salute senior haves sex with younger girls before graduation. >> now prout's family in midst of civil lawsuited. chessy says she leans on her family for strength. even when i get my panic attacks i look myself in my closet because, i don't want my little sister to hear see me like that. and she'll come into my closet and punching my legs trying to get myself to calm down. and she'll try to give me the biggest hug. she'll say chessy you're okay. chessy you're okay. >> prout is now entering her senior year in the another school and another state. prout's experience brought about new changes at the school. >> live in control room, kimberly bookman, 7 news night team. turning now to at fight

reporter: on a spring evening in 2014, 15-year-old jesse proud went on a date with then senior owen labrie. >> i was raped. i was violated in so >> it's been more than two years since the incident took place and a year since he was acquitted of felony rap charges but found guilty of a lesser felony and four misdemeanors including sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child. he was sentenced to a year in jail but is out on bail, appealing his conviction. >> they said that they didn't believe that he did it knowingly. definitely did do it knowingly. >> throughout the trial he maintained the encounter was cons consensual. >> what happened when you tried to go back to school and i guess it seemed like everyone knew? >> everyone pretty much knew and none of my old friends who were boys would talk to me. and nobody was talking about the issue itself. >> the school came under fire for its handling of the situation and for what some said allowed this to occur. what do you hope happens to him now? do you ever think about that? >> i don't, i hope he learns, i hope he gets help. because if

reporter: a now 17-year-old sitting down with savannah guthrie to talk about her 2014 encounter with owen labrie. a popular senior at st. paul's prep school that l closely watched trial. labrie was convicted of sexual assault. but acquitted on the more serious charge of felony rape. >> he said that they didn't believe that he did it knowingly. and that frustrated me a lot. because he definitely did do it knowingly. the fact that he was still able to pull the wool over a group of people's eyes bothered m.s. me a lot. and just disgusted me. >> reporter: she wanted to trial made it tough. >> one of my old friends that were boys would talk to me. they didn't even look me in the eyes. i guess they were uncomfortable or what. i don't know. >> reporter: she left st. paul's. the family filed a civil lawsuit, failing the school failed to meet its basic obligation to protect children entrusted to its care. they say it is not about the money. >> we feel an obligation that this not happen to any future >> unfortunately, it seems like the school's reputation became more important rather than supporting our d

it was just before graduation when she accepted a date with popular senior owen labrie. a date that she says went charges of rape and a criminal trial ensued. she faced the defendant and testified for three days on the stand. >> altugh it was scary and althought was pretty difficult, i wouldn't be where i today without having been able to speak up for myself during that time. >> what was it like to go through the court process? >> we had been prepared t just receive anapology. we had been prepared to just move forward with our lives and t the move lives. in the pursuit of justice, i would have done anything. >> one of the things that came out in the trial was that there were messages afterwards and they were friendly messages. >> that brings me to the effects of the crime itself, too, which not a lot of people talk about. a question that i was asked on the stand is, well, why were u in disbelief and said i was raped. i was just trying to go smoothly and not cause any waves. >> on one hand he was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault, which means the jury believed that

paul's school show that parents of other students paid $100,000 for owen labrie's defense team. the lawsuit claims the school attempted to rally its well-connected members against the victim. the school denies that accusation. erika: in your health, signs of triple-e now being detected in massachusetts. mosquitoes infected with the virus were found this week in yarmouth. it's the first time the town has seen the potentially fatal virus. town officials will begin more monitoring and testing today in the area. new at noon a tour boat that got , stuck in lake sunapee is now free. the m.v. mt. sunapee ii got hung up on water intake pipes that run to mount sunapee's ski slopes. and took them to shore. the tour company says low lake levels because of the drought may have contributed to the accident. emily: patriots fans could see number 12 on the field tonight. espn reports number tom brady made the trip to carolina with the patriots for tonight's pre-season game. it's unclear how much he could play against the panthers. you remember, he was at gillette for the last preseason game but

. -- by owen labrie. she was convicted on three counts of misdemeanor sexual assault, illegal use of computer services and endangering the welfare of a child. he's registered as a sex offender in new hampshire and get the apology they were looking for she had to come forward. she says now she's taking a bigger stand against sexual assault. saying it's been two years since the whole ordeal and i feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me and make sure other people, other girls and boys, don't need to be ashamed either. >> reporter: the family filed a lawsuit against the school saying the school failed to protect responsible for. >>> and the top judge in massachusetts will not -- a member of the governor's council requested a review of 18-year-old david becker was sentenced to two years probation. becker pleaded guilty to indecent assault and battery on two former classmates at long meadow high school. the district judge says the that were set by lawmakers. >>> los angeles police have sent the day s

for the first time owen labri's teenage visibility is speaking out. afraid anymore to come forward. >> a man caught slashing an antihillary clinton banner, still ahead, the important evidence he left behind that led police right to his dr. . >> temperatures in the 70s in boston and the shoreline, more cooler temperatures in the forecast and a look at the tropic and how it impact us this weekend. >> and chris brown is involved in a stand off with the police for most of the afternoon of the police he woman at the home called 911 this morning saying that brown threatened her with a weapon. police have made their way inside the home, we will continue the watch the live new hampshire college students are packing their backpacks and heading back to school. and thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, many students are carrying more student loan debt. ayotte voted to cut pell grants and to raise student loan interest rates. because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. kelly ayotte is a he

. >> anchor: what she thinks about the trial and about owen labrie. >> anchor: a developing story la police search the home of kris for help from inside. >> reporter: we are tracking the tropics. it's busy out there. 3 big systems churning in the atlantic. >> anchor: it's the first day of school. so where are all the school buses in malden. >> anchor: and tom brady facing his 4 game suspension. he's set to sit. >> anchor: hear from tb 12 now on the news station. >> anchor: first at 7 p.m. breaking news out of wakefield a

paul's school, and it shows that parents of other students paid $100,000 for owen labrie's defense team. the lawsuit claims the school attempted to rally its well-connected members against the victim. the school denies that accusation. ben: the controversial california judge who handed down a lenient sentence to a man convicted of sex assault will no longer hear criminal cases. judge aaron persky came under harsh criticism, after sentencing brock turner to six months in jail for assaulting an unconscious woman. prosecutors had asked for six years. persky is now voluntarily hearing only civil division cases. maria: a south african judge dismisses an appeal by prosecutors in the oscar pistorius case. they were calling for a harsher sentence for the paraolympian in prison. prosecutors call the sentence extremely light and say the judge should have used a 15-year minimum as a starting point. ben: commitment 2016: just one month from today, the republican and democratic candidates for president will meet face-to-face at the first presidential debate. maria: online and on-air, donald trump an

the new hampshire school where owen labrie sexually assaulted a teenager. this after the parents of the 15-year-old girl filed a lawsuit against the school. in court documents released today, st. paul's school says it had no way of preventing the attack. labrie was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault and was sentenced to a year in jail. he is out on bail pending an appeal. heather: delta airlines still working to recover from a system meltdown. than 250 flights canceled today. this, a day after the airline cancelled a thousand flights. delta says a power outage is to blame for the setback to hundreds of thousands of passengers. it's estimated it will take delta until at least tomorrow to get back to normal. refunds are being offered to passengers on cancelled or significantly delayed flights. in-flight entertainment is also free. heather: right now, boston fire officials say oily rags soaked in a floor refinishing solvent and stored in trash bags are to blame for last night's 4-alarm fire in southie. the fire caused $1 million in damages to a home under

paul's school show that parents of other students paid $100,000 for owen labrie's defense team. the lawsuit claims the school attempted to rally its well-connected members against the victim. the school denies that accusation. melrose police are warning city residents about a new scam. it works like this, a caller claiming to work for microsoft tells a homeowner that his or her computer has a virus and needs repair. hundreds of dollars are charged and lost forever. a melrose resident says she received several calls like this recently. the police chief says any unsolicited calls like this are fake and should be ignored, and then reported to the police. jc: making sure sailing is an and recreation offers a special adaptive sailing program. you can see the special equipment available to help kids with special needs get into the boats. energy and environmental affairs secretary matthew beaton visited today to check out how it works. and bring attention to the dcr's universal access program. ben: that is awesome. all right, a day off the campaign trail for both presidential candidate

paul's school show that parents of other students paid $100,000 for owen labrie's defense team. the lawsuit claims the school attempted to rally its well-connected members against the victim. the school denies that accusation. emily: commitment 2016, a friday off the campaign trail for the top candidates for president. that's after some harsh criticism on both sides. the eye's erika tarantal is tracking the race for the white house. erika: both candidates have been busy on the trail but no heated language over race. >> the inner cities are dying and african-americans and hispanics are really taking the brunt of it and she knows she is not going to do anything about it. she talks about fixing the errors of these and she hasn't done anything. erika: in a one-on-one interview with our sister station wmur, donald trump repeated his claims that hillary clinton is a bigot. the comments came after she released a new ad attempting to link him to supremacist groups including the kkk. something she reiterated in an event last night in nevada. collect>> trump has stood up in front of large

why she's opening up now, what she thinks about owen labrie's sentence and the campaign she hopes will bring good from her painful journey.

why she's opening up now, what she thinks about owen labrie's sentence and the campaign she hopes will bring good from her painful journey.

why she's opening up now, what she thinks about owen labrie's sentence and the cam she hopes journey and pure genius. hollywood and the world paying tribute to the great gene wilder. his characters indelible, his natural charm unmatched. >> don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted. >> what happened? >> he lived happily ever after. >> we'll look b legacy, the life and the laughter "today," tuesday, august 30th 2016. >>> good morning. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. that line from "willie wonka" gets me every single time. >> i have three children. i have probably seen "charlie and the chocolate factory" a saddles" and "young frankenstein." we'll talk about the legacy and life of gene wilder in a bit. >>> we'll start with politics and the personal. anthony weiner waking up this morning out of two jobs after a third sexting scandal. the ramifications reverberating throughout the political world as hillary clinton's closest aide, huma abedin announces her split from wiener and donald trump using the opening to attack his rival. we have tw

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. >> a prestige justice new hampshire prep school is now denying it wants the name of the owen labrie was found guilty of assault last august of the victim in the indication is suing the school and is only known as jane doe in the court documents. st. paul's now says reports that it wants her name revealed were misinterpreted in its court filing requesting transparency in that case. >>> investigators say it looks like a freak accident. a rhode island man killed when a tree branch fell on him while he was camping. it happened in morris new york. ryan southless of cumberland was sleeping in large tree limb landed on him. he died in a nearby hospital the sheriff's office there is still investigates. >> elizabeth: new at 4:00, police are looking into two men who stole expensive drones from local stores. look at the suspects. neighbors think they were talking on each other on their phones as they stole drones from opposite sides of the store. the drones worth $2,000. >>> it's a story nearly six years in the making. >> later on at 4:00, how a war vet. >> elizabeth: a local hockey player's e

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owen labrie sexually assaulted a girl is conditioning reports it wants the victim's name to be made public. the parents are suing the st. paul school in a civil lawsuit where they are listed as jane and john doe. the school had requested that a u.s. district court judge reveal their names if the family's lawsuit reaches a trial arguing that they are anonymously using the media to attack the school. >> coming up on 10 minutes before 7:00, right now a his would i had was pulled from the joshua pond in osterville at 8:40. the cape cod times is reporting a man called police about a missing swimmer after he found two children on the beach who said that they could not find their father. >> two teens say they were performing a social experiment when they chased down a woman in natick. the brothers were wearing masks when they charged the woman while she took out her trash. they were charged with disorderly after an apparent bullet went through an elderly woman's apartment. police were called to the home at the corner of hildreth and richardson street to investigate property damage. the woman hear

paul schools so that parents of other students paid 100,000 for owen labrie's defense team. the lawsuit claims the school attemptedo connected members against the victim. the school denies that. randy: commitment 2016, a friday off the trail for the candidates for president, after some harsh criticism on both sides, and erika is tracking the race for the white house this morning. >> both candidates have been busy on the trail but yes no scheduled events today. the break comes after a day of heated language over rape. >> the inner cities are dying, are really taking the brunt of it, and she knows she's not going to do anything about it. he talks about fixing the inner city and been talking about it for 30 years and hasn't done anything, and that to me is bigotry. reporter: in an interview with wmur, he repeated his claims that hillary clinton is a bigot. the comments came after she released a new ad attempting to link him to supremacist groups including the kkk, something clinton reiterated at an event in nevada last described black communities in such insulting and ignorant

why she's opening up now, what she thinks about owen labrie's sentence and the campaign she hopes will bring good from her painful journey.

. >> the victim in the owen labrie sexual assault case going public. >> the governor of maine under fire. now he says he is considering resigning. >> getting closer: a new poll shows donald trump gaining some ground in the race for the white house. >> weather perfection on this tuesday afternoon. how long the nice weather lasts and will we see some rain? >> that and a lot more coming new hampshire college students are packing their backpacks and heading back to school. and thanks to kelly ayotte, along with the textbooks and pencils, interest rates. because she sides with special interests looking out for their own bottom line, not our kids'. for new hampshire students and families, kelly ayotte is a heavy burden we can't afford. nea advocacy fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> christa: breaking news from the patriots right now. tom brady addressin for likely the last time before his four-game suspension officially kicks in. welcome to 7 news at noon. i'm christa delcamp. >> kris: i'm kris anderson. tb 12's suspension set to go into effect at 3:00 p.m. on saturday

owen labrie. st. paul school student was tried for sexually assaulting a younger student. lawyer to find labrie of misdemeanor sex assault and felony use of a computer to lure a minor. fromment in parents and alumni helped raise more than $100,000 to pay for his defense. cut boston rail service which connects to us maine and new york city. at issue who should pay for the cost of maintaining the tracks. amtrak and the mbta have been battling in courts over the cost of repairing the tracks. passengers who rely on the owe sella service say they hope it's -- owe cella service say -- >> people need to be able to move between the two cities and they need to be able to move between here and the west coast as well. if they start cutting off we're screwed. >> mbta spokesperson tells us they don't think it will actually get to the point where the service is cut. >>> landmark in harvard square may have to move. out of town news may be forced to leave its historic location in the square. the city of cambridge owns the plaza where the kiosk stands but new plans to redesign the plaza do

paul prep school, parents chipped in more than $100,000 for owen labrie's defense. he was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault and sentenced to a year in jail. aftershocks following a massive earthquake that killed more than 260 people. one aftershock in central italy yesterday brought down buildings that were already damaged by the quake. fire fighters and rescue crews are still trying to find survivors in the rubble. >>> drone footage shows the damage from above. you can see the extensive damage to the buildings. three towns in italy were leveled and with the aftershocks more buildings could still be destroyed. >>> and new videoho in belgium that happened at a sports complex overnight killing one person and hurting at least four others. police are blaming a gas leak for the blast. officials say part of the building collapsed and people were trapped, but all have now been pulled to safety. >>> and brazilian police are formally charging u.s. olympic swimmer ryan lochke with falsely reporting a crime. lochke originally said that he and three other swimmers were st

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paul's prep school graduate owen labrie of rape is speaking outs. chessy prout was 15 when it hidden her identity but she says she doesn't want that. >> it's been two years now since the whole ordeal and i feel ready to stand up and own what happened to me and i am going make sure that other people other girls other boys know they can own it too and they don't have to be ashamed either. >> prat's family is suing -- prout's family is suing st. paul saying they should have done more to protect her. >>> a uber driver is banned from the app after a disabled woman accuse from her. police in malden say the women called -- victim called wilsonbrea for a ride because she had ridden with him before. he stole her handbag and medicine and took off. he was arraigned and bale was set at $500. >>> a donation jar stoleen in chelmsford n video you see -- in the video you see kids walk up and stop and one grabs the jar and they both leave. england tropical pet store in chelmsford. the money was meant for lowell humane society. >>> today is international overdose awa

learning tonight, that prep school alumni raised money to pay lawyers for a convicted sex offender owen labrie, the st. paul student was tried for sexual assaulting a younger student as part of a competition with upper class men. the jury found labrie guilty of minor. labrie's lawyer says prominent parents and alumni helped raise more than $100,000 to help pay for his defense. >> jason: well, the presidential campaign takes a bit of a nasty turn with both candidates on both sides slurring racial accusations against each other. a look at their new ads. >> reporter: dualing web videos from both presidential campaigns. hillary clinton trying donald trump to clan members while trump pushing clinton's racially intensive comments from the 90s. >> they're often the kind of kids called the super predators. >> donald trump would be the best for the job. >> we know who trump is. he says he want to make america great again more and more it seems as though his real message seems to be make america hate again. >> reporter: trump firing back attacking me, she's attacking all of the decent people of all back

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learning tonight that prep school alumni raised money to pay lawyers for convicted sex offender, owen labrie, the st. paul student was tried for sexually assaulted a younger student. a jury found labrie guilty of parents at the university helped to raise money for his defense. a reward for a possible hate crime. in the video, you can see a mailbox with its rainbow times exploding. state fire marshal is offering a $5,000 bounty for the people who placed that explosive in there. the "times" is the largest lgbtq newspaper in new england. >> elizabeth: state police are this morning. pickup truck spun out of control on the ramp to 3 north after 3:00 a.m. three men were in that truck. one was killed. two others are in the hospital, but are expected to survive. the victim of a hit-and-run in yarmouth managed to snap a picture of the driver before she took off. take a look at this. yarmouth police are looking for both of the women that you'll see, we don't have the picture for you right now, but we'll have it in a later newscast. the other person in that picture is the passenger, they say they pedes