Online outrage over Ohio rape case prompts city website [View all]
Source: CNN
Steubenville, Ohio (CNN) -- Amid social media pressure and allegations of a cover-up, leaders in Steubenville, Ohio, have launched a website to keep the community updated on a rape case that has consumed the small Ohio town.
"With looking at the facts of the case, the rumors, the social media ... we proceeded in setting up SteubenvilleFacts.org that will present only the facts and provide information on the government of the city, as well as the transparency and the timeline of the evidence," City Manager Cathy Davison said at a news conference Saturday.
Davison said the website is meant to combat the perception that "everyone in Steubenville is acting or is like the individuals that are involved in the case. That we are a community that is run by football. That is not the case."
Some residents have accused outsiders of trying to ruin the reputation of the town's high school football team.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/05/justice/ohio-steubenville-alleged-rape-case/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
They're worried about the reputation of the high school football team??
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