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Student in Rape Comment Video Drops Out of College

Teen is 'ashamed' of his comments, says his lawyer

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2013 11:40 AM CST

(Newser) – The Ohio teenager caught on a video joking about the alleged rape of a teen girl has left Ohio State University amid an avalanche of negative attention, reports the Steubenville Herald-Star. Michael Nodianos decided it would be an "insurmountable distraction" to return after his first semester, says his lawyer, adding that Nodianos had been harassed in his dorm and by hackers of the school's email system ever since the video went viral in the high-profile case.

Nodianos is "ashamed and embarrassed by the comments on the video," says his lawyer. "He regrets those comments. ... I don't believe it was a crime to make the video, but it was stupid." The 18-year-old is not charged in the case, but two of his former classmates in Steubenville, Ohio, are due in court next month on rape charges. The hacking group Anonymous posted the Nodianos video. Meanwhile, another Steubenville student, one who hosted a party the night of the alleged attacks, might lose his wrestling scholarship at Kent State, notes USA Today.

File photo of a truck stop in Steubenville, Ohio.
File photo of a truck stop in Steubenville, Ohio.   (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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mindbird
Jan 9, 2013 11:02 AM CST
Why wasn't he expelled from Ohio State?  It shouldn't have been left up to this "person" to decide whether or not to return to university.
milosleubner
Jan 9, 2013 2:52 AM CST
   Tango ,Doug   and   others  ,those  of  you  who  don't  scream  and   spit to  make  a  show  in  order  to  convince  themselves  that  they   are  DOING  SOMETHING   about   what   you  PERCIEVE   as is  happening -     -   we  ,as   we  are now  and as we  act   objectively , are  almost   totaly   results  of  our  conditioning  , so  called   culture ,social  values education elders  advices   ,which   is   handed  down  to us  through   psychological    systems  which  have  been  put  in place  for  sole purpose  of   stunning  the   growth  of  our  souls -.if   we  have  one.     I  don't  mean  this  in  any  way  as  some  sort  of  religious   statement,on  the  contrary  the   religions  as  WE KNOW  THEM   were put  in place  and  maintained  over  the  mileniems in  order  to  keep  individual  human  being   from  investigating   and OBSERVING    himself   and   therefore  slipping  from  his   shackles .to  live  his  own ,predestined  life.    The  beings   and   humans  who   were  present  at  the   birth  of  this  Constitutional  Republic  were  not  religeous  flock . ,They  were  THEISTS ,  men  of   the   Creation  itself. who's  understanding  was  based  on   realisation   that   they  don't  know  anything  yet   but  that  it  is  possible   to  LEARN  AND UNDERSTAND   if  one  allows  that   which  is  beyond   the  THOUGHT   - beyond  the  original  sin   which  is  not  of  our  own alone !!!      ,They   deeply   recognised  the   difference  between  the  concept  of  GOD  of  POWER  -,fears of  all sorts ,anger ,envy judgments of  mind ,sentimentality  masquarading  as  love ,, jelousy , hate , God  ,whose  favours  can  be  bought  by  submission ,giving  up  inate  common sense ,inborn  morality,and  surrendering  our  right  to  live and  ,learn  in  happines of  innocence.  .sbe   bought  by  obedience  ,be   going  to  endless  wars with  his  enemies ,murdering  ,raping  ,subduing  in  his  name -  without  ever  understanding  anything  about  life  of  and  about   reasons  why   we  mold  our   own  life  according   to  such  a  destructive  design.     The   reasons   why  such  a  "GOD"  or  "GODS"   came   to   attempted   and  to  a  great  degree   were  succesful      in  enslaving  the  human  species are   quiet  interesting  and   very  similar  to   reasons  why  many  of  our  own  species  subjugate  mercilessly   other  humans  and  related  animal   groups.    Strangely  enough  it  is   95%   through  our  mental  to  emotional  "agreement"  that  such   conditions  can  be  impossed  upon  us.    We  are   caught  up  in  a  system  which  ,as  it   appears  ,is   for  the  most  part  a   left over  machinery from   very  long   time  ago  ,perfect  technologically ,  designed   to   harvest  our   life   force  ,just  like   we  harvest  other   victims . and   thus  victimising  ourselves .   .However . there  are   cracks  in  the  machine itself   and   those  of  us   who   get  addicted  to  the  taste  of  freedom  ,regardless  if  they  were   born  with  it  or  stumbled  over  it   "on  this   commercial"   are   doomed  .to  see  the    raw   truth  about   themselves  and  the  life  as  it   really  is.       The  underlined  fear   present  in  human  psyche  today  is  a  fear  of  death.  Fear  of   death  is  nothing  else  then  deeper   recognision  of  the   fact  that  although  we  do  exist  in  a  strange  way  WE HAVE NOT LIVED   YET    and   the   reason  for  being   born  is  going  to  remine unfulfiled .     It  is  the   same  reason  why   many  people  take   drugs  -  "legal and  illegal"  ,  have  the  need  to  become  rich  or  famous  ,have  children  (often -what a pitty!) ,   join  religions  or   scream  at  others !!        In  relation  to  the   case  at  hand  -   by   barking  angrily  and  loudly , ,gnashing  the  fangs  the  poor , chained   dog   is   volunterly  giving  up  the  energy   he   could  use  to  to  understand  his   position ,location ,and his fate as it  stands now .  hose   who  feed  him  dog   food  but  keep  him   from living  real  dog's  life  of  being  on  the  way  to  become  free. are   his  enemies  ,not  me.      In  short  -  if  the  American    families   were  not   dismanteld,  or  fell apart  under  pressures  from  those   who   while looking  for  their  own  lives  are  barking  at  the  wrong  tree , ,the  girls   parents   would  see  to it  that   she   was not   dead  drunk at  the  party   where   hormonal   floods    taking   over   unbalanced  teenage   boys  are  bound  to  occure .In  a  normal  society  the   girls   vaginas  would  be  explored   either  in  a  sex  or  anatomy  education   class  or   in  a  back  seat  of  a   station  wagon  .And  there  are also  other  options available., The   simple  fact  is  that  vaginas are   designed  to  received  penises  and vice versas  and  to  deny   this  maxim  is  a  selfdestructive  mental  disorder. .   .The   sex   drive  is  a  strongest  of   human   desires  or  functions   ,even  stronger  then   selfpreservation instinct    and  that  is  a  reason  why  it  is  under  such a  vitriolic  attacks. from  the  controlers. And  I   hope  it   would  stay  unconquered  by  .those  who  suffer  and  don't  understand  why.    If   anyone  is  interested  in  further   exchange    on   this  and  any  other  disorder   ,please  let  me  know  by  way  of   responding  here.  Otherwise   let's  meet   again  at  the  junkyard or   a  heavenly  dump. OR  ANY  OTHER  SPACE  BAR !!!
MikeLand
Jan 8, 2013 9:18 PM CST
Walmart has the perfect job for this creep.  Its 11PM to 8AM carrying a mob and bucket the entire surface of the store loosening up dirt that the big zambony can't pick up.
 

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