In the suit, the victim, identified as Child Doe, claims to have been sexually assaulted when he was 15 years old and had just been bumped up from the junior varsity team to the varsity football team, when he was told to 'get ready' by upperclassman teammates. One Friday, an attorney for one of the teens accused said he and his client were 'happy to put this behind us'. Ibarra was among 13 students arrested or detained in the case, which the La Vernia police chief at the time said involved athletes in the high school’s football, baseball and basketball programs. Former La Vernia football player refuses plea deals in hazing scandal, will face trial, The S.A. 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Breitbart Texas reported on these purported sexual assaults which largely involved La Vernia High School football players, although some of the accused played on the basketball and baseball teams. San Antonio health officials discourage school athletics... City Councilman Clayton Perry has contracted coronavirus, City executive moving on to head Goodwill San Antonio, Watch Live: Gov. Nine students are accused of sexual assault in hazing scandal involving the La Vernia High School athletics program.. A federal lawsuit against the school district brought by families of the victims is expected to go to trial in February. He could not say why his client wouldn’t take the offers, and added, “Frankly, I might not even know.”, On ExpressNews.com: La Vernia football player arrested in sexual assault scandal defends accused ‘brothers’ on Facebook. In October, Robert Olivarez Jr., 20, pleaded no contest to unlawful restraint and drew five years of deferred adjudication. La Vernia police said the hazing primarily involved the La Vernia Bears football team A baseball bat was said to be used to sodomize a younger student. Weidner and Roberts last month were ordered to serve five years of deferred adjudication probation, while Norman on Monday was given three years deferred adjudication. 2021 San Antonio Sports All-Star Football Game Presented by H-E-B. They were variously accused of using objects to violently sodomize at least 10 newer varsity teammates in so-called initiations. Police said the baseball team was involved in the 'hazing' to a lesser degree. Kevin butts heads with couple on Grand Designs, Family of Captain Sir Tom Moore cry as nation claps for veteran, Three times Starmer said he wanted to be in the EU Medicines Agency, Boris Johnson pays tribute to 'hero' Captain Sir Tom Moore. Local officials at the time said the practice might have started in the 2014-15 school year. 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In June, Alejandro Ibarra, Dustin Norman, Colton Weidner, and Christian 'Brock' Roberts - who were 18 at the time of the accusations - were indicted for engaging in organized criminal activity. ... La Vernia … For weeks the community 30 miles south east of San Antonio had seen rumors on social media that hazing rituals with the high school male sports teams had gone too far. Parents Claim La Vernia Football Coaches Ignored "Sadistic Hazing" and Sexual Assault of Teammates Posted By Michael Barajas on Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 6:30 PM click to enlarge A short time afterwards, three older students allegedly forced him to the ground and forced a Gatorade bottle inside his anus over his shorts inside the locker room. A civil trial surrounding a horrific hazing scandal that took place in La Vernia in March and ended in the arrest of 13 high school students has been postponed indefinitely. The comments below have not been moderated. FLORESVILLE — A former La Vernia High School football player, accused in a hazing scandal that led to multiple arrests in 2017, will stand trial after rejecting plea bargains offered Monday by prosecutors with the Texas Attorney General’s Office. One parent told The Daily Beast that when she asked cops what the alleged assailants used on her son they told her: 'I'd rather not tell you. The family of the victim is now suing the school, administrators and the coaches. Israeli healthcare group says coronavirus infections have PLUNGED by at least 60% among vaccinated over-60s, COVID-19 positivity rate tops 10 percent in nearly a THIRD of all NYC zip codes as Gov. Alejandro Ibarra, now 20, rejected three plea agreements offered by the state Monday in Wilson County District Court, opting instead to put his fate in the hands of a jury. Throughout the academic school year of 2015-2016, the victim claims he was harassed and bullied multiple times by the upperclassman on the football team. 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The Texas Rangers took over the case on April 3 to ensure impartially as most of the suspects and victims involved in the case know the local law enforcement agents, A 15-year-old was allegedly sodomized by the basketball players with a flashlight in February 2017. 1 of 22. It was in late March that Wilson County Sheriffs' deputies showed up at La Vernia High School and began making arrests. When he declined, the prosecutor offered 30 days in the county jail and a plea on a misdemeanor level of unlawful restraint, but Ibarra again rejected it. Lawyer of student accused in La Vernia hazing case says client is 'victim' Civil case over alleged hazing at La Vernia ISD postponed La Vernia ISD, amid investigation, has first day of school Required Reading: Get San Antonio education news sent directly to your inbox. La Vernia's football rankings have been updated. Posted Sun, Jan 24 2021; Last Month; UIL Texas title games are instant classics News - … La Vernia police Chief Bruce Ritchey confirmed in March that the hazing primarily involved the football team at the school, and the basketball and baseball teams were involved to a lesser degree. Weidner, Roberts, John Rutkowski, 18, and an unnamed minor were allegedly involved in an incident where a 15-year-old was sodomized by the basketball players with a flashlight in February 2017. Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. ‘It’s tragic’: January was the deadlist month since the... Texas DPS accidentally issues Amber Alert for horror icon Chucky, WellMed fills slots for 9,000 COVID-19 vaccines, S.A. Republican sides with Democrats in move to block Greene. Krista Torralva covers several school districts and public universities in the San Antonio and Bexar County area. Her experience observing the criminal justice system exposed her to the social emotional learning needs of children, a topic she is passionate about on the education beat. Visiting Judge Donna Rayes scheduled Ibarra’s trial for July 13 and lawyers anticipate it will last four days. Weidner’s lawyer, Stephen Barrera of Floresville, said the sentences were appropriate. A grand jury indicted four men who were adults at the time of the incidents: Ibarra, Dustin Norman, Colton Weidner, and Christian “Brock” Roberts, on second-degree felony charges of engaging in organized criminal activity. Wilson County District Court deferred adjudication for the La Vernia High School men – who were juveniles at the time of the alleged incidents they were accused of in 2017 - as part of an agreement where they pleaded no contest to unlawful restraint. Kin Man Hui/San Antonio Express-News). He commented on Facebook posts saying he, Norman and Olivarez were innocent. Weather. Chief Ritchey confirmed the La Vernia High School hazing investigation primarily involved players on the varsity football team, but he noted the suspects, to a lesser degree, also involve players on the baseball and basketball teams. The story is about how the team has tried to clean house and move on, while finding some on-field success, in the wake of the hazing … Alejandro Ibarra was indicted on a second-degree felony charge of engaging in organized criminal activity, accused in the hazing scandal in La Vernia involving members of the high school football team. As the court battle continued, many of the student athletes accused were free on bail and still lived near their alleged victims. 1 of 10 Drills from the La Vernia football practice. LA VERNIA, Texas — La Vernia Independent School District officials are holding hearings to determine what will happen to 10 suspects charged with sexual assault in a hazing scandal. 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The alleged incidents occurred between 2015 thru this year with ten victims so far who have been identified. There's so much corruption and drama there. The plea deals are the latest development involving the 13 La Vernia High School athletes arrested in March 2017 after being accused of sexually assaulting 10 boys on the school's sports teams. Other students involved in the large investigation are football players Ibarra, Dustin Norman, 18; and Robert Olivarez Jr., 17, who allegedly sodomized a 16-year-old teammate with the threaded end of a carbon dioxide tank to initiate the minor into the varsity team, according to police. The three can avoid convictions on their records if they successfully complete the terms, and can ask for early release after completing community service hours and paying fines and court fees. Published: 11:17 EST, 8 October 2019 | Updated: 16:11 EST, 24 October 2019. The following year, the minor also claims to have been sexually assaulted by senior members of the varsity team, this time with a cardboard tube from a coat hanger. The civil cases have been consolidated and will go to trial in February 2020. Four Texas high school athletes accused as part of a group of 13 who allegedly sodomized younger teammates with bottles, pipes and wooden sticks during hazing rituals, have avoided jail after accepting a plea deal. The hazing wasn't reported in an effort to protect the football program. That claim against coaches from an April 2017 filing was backed by a January 2018 lawsuit that claims a coach ignored a victim 'screaming and yelling as loud as he could' during two assaults. La Vernia police said the hazing primarily involved the La Vernia Bears football team, A baseball bat was said to be used to sodomize a younger student. One victim's parent said at the time: 'They hold them down and stick various items up their rectum... including coke bottles, deodorant bottles, steel pipes, baseball bats and broomsticks. The Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office announced they have been made aware of scam artists targeting residents, according to a tweet from District Attorney Joe Gonzales. PETER WALKER: Are slim people ALWAYS fitter than fatties? Two families have filed civil lawsuits against the school district and claim that coaches 'turned a blind eye' to what was going on and 'sanctioned these rituals'. La Vernia Rankings Update Team rankings updated on: 1/24/2021 3:46 PM. “That’s OK. “They didn’t do anything. … I was with them every day and we were never involved in this stupid s—t!” Ibarra wrote on the Facebook page of a local reporter for San Antonio’s Telemundo affiliate. Texas Rangers to take over La Vernia hazing, sex assault investigation. In June, (left to right) Alejandro Ibarra, Dustin Norman, Colton Weidner, and Christian 'Brock' Roberts - who were 18 at the time of the accusations - were indicted for engaging in organized criminal activity. 'Our client is relieved that the truth has finally surfaced and that the community can begin the healing process,' said Rodriguez.Â, 'These past two years have been very difficult for our client, who was ostracized by his classmates at the high school and considered to be a 'snitch' for standing up against the misplaced culture to the point that he had to transfer schools.'. Read her on our free site, mySA.com, and on our subscriber site, ExpressNews.com. On Monday, John Rutkowski, 20, was allowed to plead no contest to hazing, a class B misdemeanor, in exchange for one year’s deferred adjudication. The defendants deprived the student athlete of rights and privileges. Ibarra’s arrest warrant affidavit stated that he, Norman, Olivarez and another suspect held down a 16-year-old teammate and sexually assaulted him with the threaded end of a carbon dioxide tank. Police said … Norman, Ibarra, Weidner, and Roberts were initially arrested more than two years ago in the sexual assault and hazing scandal that rocked the 1,200-person town of La Vernia… A former La Vernia High School football player accused in a hazing scandal is taking his case to trial, while about a dozen other accused athletes have accepted plea deals from prosecutors. Here, football is king. Norman, 21, Weidner, 20, and Roberts, 20, pleaded no contest to lesser charges of unlawful restraint, a state jail felony, avoiding prison time under agreements with prosecutors. Krista was often the new kid in class while her father's military service sent her family to different parts of the country and Europe. About a dozen other accused athletes, both juveniles and adults, have accepted plea deals, bringing resolution to all but one of the criminal cases that roiled the small Wilson County town. Two other adults and several juveniles who were charged also avoided jail time. The mother of one victim said that in the past two years she had even seen some of the suspects in the 1,200-person town's grocery store. A civil trial surrounding a horrific hazing scandal that took place in La Vernia in March and ended in the arrest of 13 high school students has been postponed indefinitely. The lawsuits says "rape culture" has dominated the La Vernia High School's football team for about 10 years involving harassment including hazing, bullying, physical and sexual abuse. LA VERNIA, Texas - A federal lawsuit contends football players at a San Antonio-area high school were subjected to hazing, sexual abuse and other mistreatment as part of … She graduated from Flour Bluff High School in Corpus Christi and calls South Texas home. I have strong witnesses,” Pruitt responded. Ibarra requested one year of probation for the misdemeanor charge, but Pruitt would not offer less than two years with the misdemeanor, Perez said. After the hearing, Perez apologized to the prosecutor for the back-and-forth negotiations over two hearings beginning in November. Krista returned to Corpus Christi after attending the University of Texas at Arlington. The Texas high school serves about 1,000 area students. Nine students are currently facing sexual assault charges in the La Vernia high school hazing scandal that has all but shattered the peace in their small Texas town. You don't want to know.'. John Rutowski, 18, … Pruitt told the court that Ibarra was offered three years of deferred adjudication probation and a shot at early release if he would plead to the state jail felony of unlawful restraint. ... Four take plea deals in La Vernia ISD Hazing Case. 'I'm still angry about the whole thing and I want them to pay for what they did,' the unidentified mother of an accuser told The Daily Beast on Wednesday. Those charged were a small percentage of their high school 1,075 enrollment and the "underground culture of acceptance" that led to hazing was not in accordance to the district's core values, he said. Greg Abbott's State of the State address, Bexar County District Attorney warns residents of scam artists. Defense lawyer Adrian Perez requested one more chance for his client to accept a plea deal closer to trial, but a visibly frustrated Pruitt said all offers would expire Monday, adding, “Today’s our day.”. ', Parents were informed by police in March 2017 that their sons may have been victims. More plea hearings are scheduled for October 21 and November 26. ', The mother said about her son: 'He doesn't like to talk about it.'Â. Unidentified La Vernia High School students - who were juveniles at the time - got five years probation, deferred adjudication with community service this week after no contest plea, In June 2017, a total of 13 male athletes were accused of using deodorant bottles, cardboard rods, flashlights, soda bottles, pipes, and a baseball bat to sodomize young boys. Play it now. Krista Torralva joined the Express-News in 2018 as an education reporter. La Vernia police said the hazing primarily involved the football team at the school, and the basketball and baseball teams were involved to a lesser degree. In the wake multiple arrests in 2017 in a varsity athletics hazing scandal, La Vernia ISD Superintendent Jose H. 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That lawsuit claims the victim was raped more than 30 times in five months on the school premises and at homes of fellow athletes. Mugshots: These student athletes have been arrested in the La Vernia High School hazing scandal. LA VERNIA, TEXAS: Texan high school athlete Robert Olivarez, Jr. has been spared jail time after he pleaded no contest to allegations that he sodomized a 16-year-old boy. Ibarra was quick to defend himself on social media after his arrest. She previously covered federal and state courts at the Orlando Sentinel and Corpus Christi Caller-Times. The alleged assaults primarily involved the school's football team, but authorities said the basketball and baseball teams were also involved. | Krista.Torralva@express-news.net | Twitter: @KMTorralva. View Rankings. 'It was very upsetting to me that everything seemed to disappear and was forgotten. Her reporting uncovered flaws in the police and court procedures, but also offered solutions based on practices in other parts of the state and country. One child's admission about being sexually assaulted in a bathroom prompted others to come forward. The parents of a La Vernia rape victim filed a federal lawsuit seeking monetary damages after 10 students were arrested in connection with widespread hazing accusations at the high school, according to the family's attorney. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. “A lot of guys that were accused are also victims” of previous hazing, he said. Local police have said that the hazing included members from the school's football, baseball and basketball programs and could have started in the 2014-2015 school year. Alejandro Ibarra, now 20, rejected two offers from Assistant Attorney General Sharon Pruitt. Lauren Caruba, ... 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