. >> reporter: robert allard says she was at an unsupervised house party and was enebriated and a group of boys sexually assaulted her. >> based on what we know, audrey was unconscious, there were multiple boys in the room. they did unimaginable things to her while she was unconscious, making it much worse is the fact that afterwards, apparently, a photo or multiple photographs were taken of the assault as it was taking place. >> allard says those photos were posted online and seen by several students at saratoga high school. days later, audrey wrote on her facebook page, quote, the whole school knows. my life is ruined now. eight days after the assault, audrey pott took her own life. >> she was just absolutely humiliated. she must have felt tortured and she decided to end her life as a result of all these things coming together. >> teen counselor, connie mayor, and her palo alto-based counseling service, helps more than 6,000 teens with their struggles. she says the use of social media to embarrass or har ras a peer can be damaging. >> teens can say whatever they want on a typed screen

ed vasquez, a spokesman for pott family attorney robert allard refused to talk about the outcome of a detention hearing for three under-age defendants here at santa clara county juvenile court tuesday. the three saratoga high school students were arrested last week in connection with the alleged sexual battery and cyber- bullying of 15-year-old audrey pott, who passed out from drinking at a party in september of 2012 and then took her own life when photos of the assault were digitally passed among classmates. on monday her parents said the boys should be tried as adults in open court. sheila pott/audrey's mother also on monday, pott family attorney robert allard says there is evidence the boys used a marker to scribble messages on audrey's breast and body. robert allard/pott family attorney but on thursday, allard and the pott family had no comment, nor would attorneys for the defendants or the prosecutor say anything about the case. jaron shipp/prosecutor one court observer compared the sudden silence to a kind of unofficial gag order, speculating the attorneys and their clients were

their attorney, robert allard, says, they hope they can prevent another tragedy from happening. rd says audrey was at an unsupervised house party in saratoga last fall and was inebriated when allard says a group of boys sexually assaulted her. photos were taken and posted online. they were seen by several students at saratoga high. days later, audrie wrote on her facebook page. the whole school knows. my life is ruined now. >> she was just absolutely humiliated. she must have felt tortured. she decided to end her life as a result of all these things coming together. >> reporter: a hearing will take place early next week. the boys have not been charged with a crime yet. two of the three attend saratoga high. the third goes to christopher high in gilroy. audrie's parents didn't find out about the attack until after their daughter's death. the district attorney's office is not making any official comment on this case, because it involves minors. audrie's parents are hoping the boy's will be prosecuted as adults. live in san jose, marla tallez, "today in the bay." the audrie pott fou

. >> today, the pott family attorney, robert allard, is making himself available for questions surrounding this new legal claim he has just filed on behalf of the pott family. the family is accusing teachers and administrators at saratoga high school of a number of shocking allegations. number one, the pott family says the district did not act when they knew 15-year-old audrie pott was being bullied. they are accusing the saratoga high school principal of prematurely announcing her death before the family realized she was passed away. this is because she was kept on life support for organ donation purposes for two days after she hanged herself. the family claims she was still technically alive when the principal made this announcement. the principal says awed audrie's stepmother gave him permission to do so. >> the key for what the pott family is looking at is, did the school know audrie bass being bullied. >> if the dissemination of the photographs and the bullying occurred on campus between students, then that's something that the school perhaps should have prevented. >> in response, the

. >>> today, the pott family attorney, robert allard, is making himself available for questions surrounding the new legal claim that was just filed by the pott family. they are accusing teachers and administrators at saratoga high school for a number of shocking allegations. the first one, the pott family says the district did not act when they knew 15-year-old audrie pott was being bullied. famtly the family is accusing the saratoga high school principal of prematurely accusing them while she was alive. the principal says awudrie's stepmother gave him permission to do so. they did nothing to stop the bullying. >> the key for what the pott family is looking at is, did the school know that audrie was being bullied? if the dissemination of the photographs and the bullying occurred on campus between students, then that's something that the school perhaps should have prevented. >> the story broke just last week when three 16-year-old boys were arrested for allegedly assaulting audrey pott at an unsupervised house party. the boys are accused of taking pictures and then distributing them at schoo