Owen Labrie of St. Paul's School Is Found Not Guilty of Main Rape Charge

The jury of nine men and three women on Friday found Owen Labrie, of Tunbridge, Vermont, not guilty of raping the girl in an academic building at St. Paul's School two days before he graduated last year. But they found him 

A jury Friday acquitted 19-year-old Owen Labrie, a graduate of elite St. Paul's prep school in New Hampshire, of felony sexual assault charges, but found him guilty of misdemeanor sex assault. Labrie had been accused of 

Owen Labrie, a former New Hampshire prep school senior, was found not guilty of raping a 15-year-old freshman, but guilty of lesser charges, including misdemeanor sexual assault. Labrie broke down in tears as the judge read out one of the guilty charges.

Some wanted him to serve time in prison. Others said he'd suffered enough. The verdict in the high-profile case of Owen Labrie, who was charged with raping a 15-year-old fellow student at the elite St. Paul's School in May of last year, drew a range of 

So ended the trial of Owen Labrie, 19, and with it a rare exploration of the backslapping sexual culture among some students at one of the nation's most exclusive boarding schools. Over nearly two weeks, jurors listened to prosecutors and defense