A Kentucky man who, in 2012, hacked into an online account for followers of a Ohio high school's football team to expose a gang rape of a teenage girl has pleaded guilty to charges associated with the hack. He is facing a longer term than the rapists.
Earlier this week, Deric Lostutter, 29, known online as "KYAnonymous," pleaded guilty in federal court in Kentucky to one count of conspiracy and one count of making false statements to law enforcement agents for his hack of the Steubenville (Ohio) High School football fan website Roll Red Roll in December 2012.
Lostutter has said he hacked into the site to expose information about the gang rape of an unconscious teenage girl from West Virginia by members of the football team. Two of those team members, Trent Mays and Malik Richmond, were eventually sentenced to serve time — two years and one year, respectively — in a juvenile detention center for rape and kidnap.
The Roll Red Roll site was hacked with a video from "KYAnonymous" which showed evidence of the 2012 rape, including video taken and shared by the crime's perpetrators in which they joked about the assault. The hack also included threats to disclose details of the school faculty members and parents involved in covering up the rape if those who were responsible didn’t come forward and apologize.
In a plea agreement, Lostutter said he conspired with another hacker, Noah McHugh, to access the fan site in December 2012, four months after arrests were made in the case. The pair intended "to bring attention to the August 2012 rape, to harass and intimidate people, and to gain notoriety and publicity for their online identities," according to Lostutter's plea agreement, Reuters reported.
Lostutter faces a maximum of up to five years in prison for each charge. He will be sentenced in March, Reuters reported.
How come you only get like a year in prison for rape or assault, but the second money or computers are involved you'll never see the sun again?.
Because they were charged as juveniles
What he did sounds pretty fucking illegal. I mean I don't agree with literal rapists getting a lesser sentence, but it's not like the hacker didn't break the law here
i voted no he's a hero thinking he exposed a lying girl for pretending to get raped. Now that I've read it idk
I mean, what he did is a form of vigilantism, which us a tough thing for the law to encourage.
That said, it's hard to justify him getting a harsher sentence.
Lostutter has said he hacked into the site to expose information about the gang rape of an unconscious teenage girl from West Virginia by members of the football team . Two of those team members, Trent Mays and Malik Richmond, were eventually sentenced to serve time — two years and one year, respectively — in a juvenile detention center for rape and kidnap.
How come you only get like a year in prison for rape or assault, but the second money or computers are involved you'll never see the sun again?.
How come you only get like a year in prison for rape or assault, but the second money or computers are involved you'll never see the sun again?.
What he did sounds pretty fucking illegal. I mean I don't agree with literal rapists getting a lesser sentence, but it's not like the hacker didn't break the law here
