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In reply to the discussion: Man admits raping four teenage girls, gets no jail time. [View all]Judi Lynn
(164,173 posts)Thomas J. Prohaska Nov 16, 2021 Updated 11 hrs ago
Christopher J. Belter arrived at Niagara County Court Tuesday with the knowledge that his conviction for rape, sexual abuse and sexual assault, crimes he committed against teenage girls in his Lewiston home, could send him to prison for eight years.
Instead, Judge Matthew J. Murphy III placed Belter on probation for eight years, saying a prison sentence in the case "would be inappropriate."
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"He is privileged, he comes from money, he is white," Cohen said of Belter. "He was sentenced as an adult, appropriately. For an adult to get away with these crimes is unjust."
Asked for his client's reaction, Cohen said, "She's in the bathroom throwing up."
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According to State Police, Belter's mother, Tricia Vacanti, now 50; his stepfather, Gary E. Sullo, 56; and a family friend, Jessica M. Long, 42, supplied the girls with alcohol and marijuana during various parties and helped groom them for sexual assaults by Belter.
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The man who made it possible, Judge Matthew J. Murphy III:

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When Keeping It Cool Mom Goes Wrong: Wealthy Lawyer Buys Jello Shots And Smokes Blunts With Teen Sons Friends, Then He Rapes 4 Underage Girls, Idiots Defend Her

Buffalo News: The gatherings inside a house on Mountain View Drive in Lewiston had all the hallmarks of high school parties gone awry Jell-O shots, pot and teenagers, according to court documents filed by a police investigator. It was at those house parties where a 17-year-old allegedly raped and sexually abused four 15- and 16-year-old girls. And, prosecutors allege, it was the suspects mother who gave the kids alcohol during at least seven different parties, supplied the marijuana and, on occasion, smoked pot with the teenagers. The suspect, whose name has been withheld by authorities, faces multiple felony charges, including rape, and is scheduled to appear in Lewiston Town Court this week.
Now 18, he was arrested on Nov. 6, the same day his mother, Tricia Vacanti, 47, of Mountain View Drive, was charged with supplying alcohol and pot to teenagers at parties in her home on various occasions between June 24, 2017, and Aug. 2, 2018. Two other adults are also charged with serving alcohol to minors at some of the parties at the house, near Niagara Falls Country Club, in one of Niagara Countys most exclusive neighborhoods.

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