Former New Hampshire Prep School Student Owen Labrie Found Not Guilty of Rape

By Reuters On 8/28/15 at 2:16 PM EDT

08_28_NHPrepSchool_01 — The entrance to St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, August 20. Nineteen-year-old Owen Labrie was found not guilty of raping a fellow student at St. Paul's School days before graduation last year. Brian Snyder/Reuters

U.S. Owen Labrie New Hampshire Rape Assault

CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) - A former student of an elite New Hampshire prep school was found not guilty on Friday of raping a 15-year-old girl days before graduation last year in a case that has shone a harsh spotlight on the school's culture.

Owen Labrie, 19, was found not guilty of three felony counts of raping a fellow student at St. Paul's School in Concord. The jury found him guilty of lesser misdemeanor counts of having sex with a person under the age of consent.

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