Judge sentences high school football player in assault case

DIETRICH, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho judge has sentenced a high school football player to three years of probation and 300 hours of community service after prosecutors said he took part in a locker room sexual assault on a black football player in a small Idaho town.

[...] the victim's family has sued the school district for $10 million in damages, contending the assault was the culmination of months of racist taunts and physical abuse at the high school.

Deputy Attorney General Casey Hemmer also said that a medical examination of the victim found no internal or external injuries, adding that the victim did say an assault occurred in the locker room.

Investigative documents created by the Idaho Attorney General's office include several somewhat conflicting witness descriptions of the incident, including discrepancies over how many times the hanger was kicked and whether another student was holding on the victim at the time.

Shortly before the recording was made, several of the victim's fellow students told him that "they were going to lose their farms if the civil suit kept going and the town would fall apart," according to the documents.