Lawyer Questions Whether 7-Year-Old Was Gang Raped

A lawyer for one of the five suspects arrested for the alleged gang rape of a 7-year-old is skeptical of the Trenton police's claim. Robin Lord, whose client Gregory Leary is being held on $500,000 bail, said, "She was not raped, was not gang-raped. I'm 100 percent certain that the 7-year-old was not sexually assaulted. The allegations will not be substantiated by any forensic evidence." However, the Star-Ledger reports, "Police say there is DNA evidence of the crime," and local officials have been vocal in discussing the crime—Trenton mayor Doug Palmer said last week, "We're not finished. Because everyone who's responsible has not been arrested." Lord's mother also told reporters, "My son is a loving child and could never hurt anyone. I feel terrible about my child and anyone else's who is involved in this."

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By Jen Chung in News on April 8, 2010 2:40 PM

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SonnyBobiche

There better be evidence! Because, otherwise, it would be like the daycare center child abuse witch hunt of the 1980s where innocent people were convicted on the basis of statements from children who were pushed into testifying that they had been sexually abused.

To this day, that period is a stain on the Amnerican Justice system.

Mr Mel

Wait for the evidence. All the people involved are suspect.

Guest

nice strategy, ms. lawyer. for selling your soul. :)

Phil

I'm hoping that this poor child really wasn't gang raped or touched at all.

theevilone

That lawyer's a real class act. Call a 7 year old victim a liar? Charming.

sam8692

I hate to say it, but I questioned this story right away - if a 7 year old is gang raped, or there is a sexual assault, her ability to walk away and out of the apartment is a big factor. On a body that small, there's going to be a huge amount of physical damage. I hope these animals get the maximum time, if they actually did the crime they're charge with.

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

She is only 7 so they can't argue it was consenual. I am certain there is medical evidence.

juliec

This seems like it could not get worse, but it always literally does. 90% of the time I side with the alleged victim, but there have been recent high-profile cases where the defendants were acquitted based on dependable forensic evidence. It's too bad that the reality is that a 7-year-old was raped by multiple men or that she (or her guardians) are lying about being raped by several men.

Darrell

Well he is the defendant's lawyer, what do you want him to say? That he did it?

VorneliusCanderbilt

Did you even read the article? SHE is Robin Lord, and I want her to say, "My business card might say "attorney at law," but as a mother, I'm not defending this trash."

robingee

The lawyer is hired to do a job. You cannot decide guilt right away and say "I am not defending this guilty person." Like the doctor that doesn't want to treat people who voted for Obama. They have a job responsibility.

VorneliusCanderbilt

Uhhh, what? You're equating voting for Obama with kid-touching?

If you're a lemming, that's your biz... But just b/c something is your "job responsibility" doesn't mean it absolutely, unequivocally HAS to be done. As an accountant, would I lie on a financial statement to inflate share price at the request of my boss? As a hitman, would I blow up my target if his infant son and daughter just entered the car?

Your comparison of a doctor treating Obama voters doesn't even make sense.