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Defense Seeks to Ban Pink Clothing at LSU Student Madison Brooks Rape Trial | Crime Alert 08.06.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alart hourly update, breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Sylvanni, one of the three men accused of
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  Speaker 2: raping a young woman before she was killed, wants to
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  Speaker 2: prevent her family, friends, and supporters from wearing pink at
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  Speaker 2: his upcoming trial. Madison Brooks, a nineteen year old Louisiana
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  Speaker 2: State University student, was hit by a car and killed
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  Speaker 2: after a group of men allegedly raped her and dumped
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  Speaker 2: her on a Baton Rouge Highway in twenty twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: Desmond Carter, twenty one, is set to appear before a
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  Speaker 2: judge later this month. Prosecutors alleged Carter, alongside kave In
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  Speaker 2: Washington and Case and Carver, sexually assaulted Brooks inside a
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  Speaker 2: vehicle following a night of heavy drinking at a local bar.
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  Speaker 2: All three men face rape charges. Carter's defense team filed
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  Speaker 2: emotion seeking to prohibit pink attire and supportive messages, arguing
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  Speaker 2: it could unfairly influence the jury. The defense cited Supreme
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  Speaker 2: Court cases Shepherd versus Maxwell and Estas versus Texas regarding
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  Speaker 2: media driven atmospheres and trial fairness. Prosecutors oppose the motion,
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  Speaker 2: characterizing pink clothing as victim advocacy rather than jury intimidation.
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  Speaker 2: Evidence submitted includes social media posts by Ashley Bostt, Brook's
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  Speaker 2: mother asking supporters to wear pink to court hearings while
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  Speaker 2: praying for justice for her daughter. Bostt says wearing pink
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  Speaker 2: is a peaceful act of remembrance, stating no legal defense
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  Speaker 2: motion can silence those who love Brooks. Bostt founded the
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  Speaker 2: Madison Brooks Foundation to advocate for young adult safety, sharing
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  Speaker 2: her devastating grief, It's.
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  Speaker 1: Been a complete nightmare. The worst possible thing that can
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  Speaker 1: happen to anyone happen to my daughter. And not only
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  Speaker 1: was my daughter, but she was my best friend. We
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  Speaker 1: did everything together. The best memories I have are spent
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  Speaker 1: being her mother, and that's what I have to hold
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  Speaker 1: on to every day. That's what gets me out of bed.
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  Speaker 1: I'm trying to live as well as I can until
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  Speaker 1: I'm reunit reunited with her in heaven.
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  Speaker 2: Brooks was allegedly raped in the backseat of a car
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  Speaker 2: by Carter tried as an adult alongside Washington and Carver
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  Speaker 2: after leaving Reggie's Bar. The defendants claim the encounter was
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  Speaker 2: consensual before leaving her on a roadway. However, vehicle. Footage
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  Speaker 2: shows Brooks arguing with her alleged attackers before stumbling out,
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  Speaker 2: I'm sorry that.
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  Speaker 1: I shouldn't do that.
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  Speaker 2: I investigator said. Brooks had a blood alcohol content of
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  Speaker 2: point three point nine when she stumbled onto the road.
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  Speaker 2: The driver of the ride share car that struck her
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  Speaker 2: was cleared of charges after testing sober and immediately calling
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  Speaker 2: emergency responders. The coroner concluded Brooks died from traumatic injuries
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  Speaker 2: after being raped. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 2: In Eustace, Florida, a twenty eight year old man faces
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  Speaker 2: attempted murder and assault charges after police body worn camera
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  Speaker 2: shows him dragging an officer during a traffic stop. Eustace
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  Speaker 2: police noticed a vehicle swerving on South Bay Street around
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  Speaker 2: two thirty am. The driver attempted to evade officers by
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  Speaker 2: turning off a side road before stopping at South Eustace
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  Speaker 2: Street and Quail Avenue with smoke billowing from under the
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  Speaker 2: hood due to mechanical issues. Officers approached the driver, Shackoy Donovan,
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  Speaker 2: who refused repeated orders to turn off the ignition or
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  Speaker 2: exit the vehicle, leading to a tense exchange.
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  Speaker 1: Because it's now a smoking I mean it's not smoke.
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  Speaker 1: That's what it's doing.
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  Speaker 2: It's going turn it off.
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  Speaker 1: I turn the star off. Is not going okay, okay,
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  Speaker 1: but what's going on? Stop out? I'm not about I
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  Speaker 1: was going on. Stop out all right?
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  Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa?
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  Speaker 1: Get no stop? Please get on me.
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  Speaker 2: No this is Donovan then grabbed the female officer and
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  Speaker 2: drove off, dragging her by the vest. A second officer
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  Speaker 2: was dragged ten to fifteen feet, sustaining superficial injuries. The
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  Speaker 2: female officer was dragged over three hundred feet pinned between
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  Speaker 2: the suspect and the steering wheel before falling to the ground.
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  Speaker 2: Chief Craig Caprice stated that eight or nine seconds feels
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  Speaker 2: like hours when living through it. The officer was found
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  Speaker 2: motionless in the street and hospitalized. In Bloomington, Indiana, an
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  Speaker 2: eighteen year old man under arrest told police how he
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  Speaker 2: bit the skin of an infant in his care. Caden
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  Speaker 2: Lewis Shrum was arrested by Monroe County Sheriff's deputies following
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  Speaker 2: a search starting July twenty ninth. The investigation began July
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  Speaker 2: fifteenth after a pediatrician reported a nine month old baby
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  Speaker 2: with severe bitemarks covering the entire left cheek. While at
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  Speaker 2: the hospital, Shrum admitted to police and family that he
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  Speaker 2: was responsible. Shrum claimed he was watching television around four
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  Speaker 2: am when the baby began crying. In a bid to
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  Speaker 2: soothe the child, he nibbled the cheek before repeatedly chomping
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  Speaker 2: down on the infant skin. Shrum further described the baby
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  Speaker 2: to police as looking like a busted up egg. Following
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  Speaker 2: the violent encounter, online court records show Shrum has been
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  Speaker 2: charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon and
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  Speaker 2: criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon. Court records state
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  Speaker 2: he is held without bond. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 2: on twob with this crime alert, I'm Sidney Silvani.