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Sickening: A Big Red footballer was told by a judge that he only escaped charges because he deleted incriminating photos of the alleged assault... but others didn't and shared them on social networking sites
Shocking images have been found on a cellphone showing two more girls, facedown and partially naked on the floor of the same basement where the Ohio rape of a 16-year-old girl allegedly took place, it can be revealed today. The photographs were stored on a cellphone belonging to a teammate and friend of the Steubenville case accused, Ma'lik Richmond and Trent Mays - and raise the chilling possibility of two more, as yet unknown, victims.
The images were not taken on the night under investigation and it is not clear whether their subjects were conscious or aware of being photographed.
The friend, a fellow wrestler and footballer, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was present on the night in August when the girl was allegedly raped by the two.
He provided eyewitness testimony at the probable cause hearing last October at which the rape charges were upheld.
MailOnline has seen the 300-page transcript of the hearing in which the full horror of that night in Steubenville is revealed.
The existence of these earlier photographs, retrieved by forensic analysts, emerged only under cross-examination and the witness repeatedly denied all knowledge of them in spite of their presence on his phone.
In a tense courtroom exchange Walter Madison, Richmond's attorney questioned the witness: 'There is a photograph here of a woman on the same carpet as the carpet in xxxx's basement. Do you recall that photo on your phone?'
The witness replied 'No sir.' Asked about a second picture the witness claimed, 'I have never seen those pictures in my life.'
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