Owen Labrie Testifies in Prep School Rape Trial: "I Thought She Was Having a Great Time"

Nineteen-year-old former St. Paul’s School student Owen Labrie, who stands accused of raping a 15-year-old student as part of a sex competition, testified today that he thought his accuser was having a “great time” during the encounter she says was rape. Buzzfeed notes that Labrie still denies the two had sex.

According to The New York Times’ Jess Bidgood, who is reporting from the courtroom, Labrie also denied putting “his fingers, tongue, or penis under the underwear of the accuser” during the encounter, which occurred just two days before Labrie graduated in 2014. This is, as Bidgood notes, not consistent with the accuser’s disturbing description of events.

This is in sharp contrast to alleged victim's account: she said he "scraped" inside her w/fingers, licked her there, and had sex with her.

August 26, 2015

Yesterday, four friends of Labrie testified in court that Labrie told them he did have sex with his accuser. Today, Labrie testified that while he put a condom on during the encounter, he ultimately decided not to have sex with her. “I was standing over the blanket looking down at [her], and I thought to myself, ‘maybe we shouldn’t do this,’” he said, per Buzzfeed. “It wouldn’t have been a good move to have sex with this girl.”http://gawker.com/prep-school-ra...

Additionally, Labrie noted that he thought his accuser “was having a great time” during the encounter. He said that when he left, he didn’t realize he was still wearing the condom. Per Buzzfeed, he admitted that when he disposed of it, he found “premature ejaculation” in it.

Labrie’s accuser reportedly left the courtroom in tears before he presented his version of events.

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