Judge: No new sex assault trial for prep school graduate

April 20, 2017 6:35 am

By: The Associated Press

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire judge has rejected claims that a prep school graduate received ineffective counsel during his sexual assault trial.

Owen Labrie of Tunbridge, Vermont, was acquitted in 2015 of raping a 15-year-old classmate as part of a game of sexual conquest at St. Paul’s School in Concord.

He was convicted of misdemeanor sexual assault and child endangerment, as well as using a computer to lure the girl for sex, a felony that requires him to register as a sex offender for life.

Labrie sought a new trial this year, arguing that his lawyers harmed his case in several ways, including by failing to challenge the felony charge. A Merrimack County Superior Court judge denied that request Wednesday.

Labrie has a separate appeal before the state Supreme Court.