Two teenage girls have been sentenced to probation for sending threatening social media messages sent after a guilty verdict was reached in the Steubenville High School football rape case.
ByJim Letizia and Ohio Public Radio and Associated Press
A grand jury has been selected to investigate whether other laws were broken in the case of a 16-year-old girl raped by two Steubenville high school football players last year.
Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies have arrested two girls suspected of making social media threats against the 16-year-old girl raped last year by two Steubenville High School football players.
Moments after the Steubenville rape trial ended Sunday morning with convictions of the two accused high school football players, Ohio’s Attorney General called for a grand jury to continue investigating the case.
Attorneys for Trent Mays, a Steubenville high school football player facing rape charges, are asking a judge to dismiss the case because they say the "unavailability of material witnesses" denies him his right to a fair trial.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says he'll announce after the upcoming rape trial of two Steubenville high school football players whether charges will be brought against others.