first up, torrington, connecticut.wake of an already infamous rape trial in steubenville, ohio, now a trial that arose in large part from texts and tweets that became state's evidence. three teenagers are charged in torrington, connecticut, with having sex with underage girls. no force is alleged here. but here's the thing. the victims are so young at 13, the law says they're too young to legally consent. doesn't matter if they said yes, they legally cannot. the two cases are not identical, at all. but, the young girls in both of the cases are certainly feeling something very similar. a backlash that might not have existed when i was a kid, maybe when you were a kid, or at least even a decade ago. cnn's susan candiotti has the story. >> reporter: at least two of the three accused teens are familiar faces for football fans at connecticut's torrington high school. edgar gonzalez, named most valuable player this season, and teammate jojuan alternativeio are 18, legally adults. a third young man is 17, a juvenile. all thre

in torrington, social media brought backlash from other kids, mainly blaming the girls.his fault, what was a 13-year-old girl doing hanging around with 18-year-old guys." another viciously attacked the girls question character "young girls acting like -- there's no punishment for that. young men acting like boys is a sentence. but the boys were targets too "too bad the girls were not protected from a rapist psychopath like you. you should be telling your buddies to lay off her. >> with social media it's just an opportunity to tell a lot of people a message instead of just me speaking to you, i tweeted and it's out there for the world. >> reporter: she heads the victims for domestic and sexual abuse center worrying about the impact on the accusers. >> the focus is on the girls as if whatever went on here was their fault. and i think the focus needs to be on the perpetrators -- alleged perpetrators. >> reporter: as for all the social media chatter, area parents just shake their heads. >> i don't think they've stopped to consider the lives that they're hurting. >> i don't t

torbio and edgar gonzales are both 18 years old and play football at their local high school in torringtonother suspect is a 17 year-old. this case comes to light just days after two teenage football players in steubenville, ohio were found guilty of raping a 16 year-old girl. bttoribo and the gonzales have pleaded not guilty. >> we will be back with more on the kron 4 morning news. [ female announcer ] the one for all. mcdonald's dollar menu, home of the meaty, melty mcdouble you love... and now love two more tastes, the bold hot n spicy mcchicken, and the irresistible new grilled onion cheddar. each just a dollar. >> welcome back is 526. >> acura is recalling 76,000 vans was it a call with the state because corrosion could cause them to stall. the recall includes the tsx sedan from 2004 to the pollina2008. acura said the rel is only in states where roads all is heavily used. the salt and water can saturate the carpet that covers the electrical control unit causing it to corrode. if the wiring gets damaged the car will stall. the crash as a renter is related to the problem have been repor

toribio andedgar gonzales are both 18 years old and play football at their local high school and torringtonher suspect is 17 years old. the case comes to light just days after two teenage football players and steubenville, ohio were found guilty of raping a 16 year-old girl. torbio and gonzalez have pleaded not guilty. >> we will be right back. >> welcome back. we are tracking hot spots. >> marin has completely been cleared up. we will be hearing more about the boulders that fail on 1 01. they have three open all the lanes and it is no longer a back up. >> in the south bay on an estate to 80 in the southbound direction there was a fatal accident. the two right lanes remain closed. you can see that it is jamming up the ride in both directions as we predicted. the bad news is that these two right lanes are going to remain closed for hours. the crews are cleaning up the biohazard that is left over. here is a live picture from mike pelton our solar rapporteur who is live on the scene. he will tell us more information a little later. so far, it will be closed for several hours and this may's dro