The Torrington High School rape case refers to five separate rape cases in Torrington, Connecticut, United States involving a half-dozen former Torrington High School football players and other Torrington teens.
In a 2013 case Joan Toribio and Edgar Gonzalez, both 18 year old former football players from Torrington High School, were convicted in the sexual assault of two 13-year-old girls in Torrington, Connecticut. Joan Toribio was sentenced to 9 months in prison. Edgar Gonzalez was sentenced to six years in prison.
In a 2011 case Kenuel Weaver-Hunt, 17, and Dylan Rodriguez, 16, pleaded guilty to charges of risk of injury to a minor with illicit sexual contact, a class "D" felony. Both were sentenced to five years in prison, suspended after four months served. Alec Berkemeier, 16, was charged with second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor with illicit sexual contact but reached a deal with the prosecutors that included a provision to seal the records of the case.
Controversy
Torrington High School gained notoriety for its students' victim blaming cyberbullying of the two 13-year-old girls through social media. The Register Citizen, a local newspaper, published images of Twitter posts which defended the accused and attacked the victims. Some have also criticized parents and staff, who may have been hinted about the situation, of not making students aware of the legal and other implications of their actions.