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December 12, 2018

Ex-Frat President Accused of Violent Rapes Avoids Prison, Fined $400
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In Texas, a judge accepted a plea deal from a former Baylor University
fraternity president who was indicted on four counts of sexual assault,
allowing him to avoid prison time. Under the deal, 24-year-old Jacob
Walter Anderson will receive probation and counseling, and has to pay a
$400 fine. He will not have to register as a sex offender. After news of
the plea deal broke, the survivor of Anderson's attack wrote, "This guy
violently raped me multiple times, choked me, and when I blacked out, he
dumped me face down on the ground and left me to die. When I woke up
aspirating up my own vomit, my friends immediately took me to the
hospital."


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