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Related: About this forumMan who sexually assaulted 4 teenagers gets no prison time.
Niagara County Court Judge Matthew J. Murphy III said he agonized over the case of 20-year-old Christopher Belter, who was accused of committing the crimes when he was 16 or 17. Belter pleaded guilty in 2019 to felony charges that included third-degree rape and attempted first-degree sexual abuse, as well as two misdemeanor charges of second-degree sexual abuse.
Although Belter faced a maximum sentence of eight years in prison, Murphy concluded that time behind bars for the man would be inappropriate. The ruling shocked the courtroom.
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The crimes took place between February 2017 and August 2018 at Belters parents home in a wealthy neighborhood of Lewiston, a few miles outside Niagara Falls. During that time, three 16-year-old girls and a 15-year-old girl were assaulted in four separate incidents, according to the judge.
The party house label at Belters family home was fueled by his mother, Tricia Vacanti, now 50; his stepfather, Gary Sullo, 56; and Jessica M. Long, 42, a family friend, who allegedly supplied teenage girls with alcohol and marijuana, according to state police. The three adults, who police say helped groom the girls for sexual assault by Belter, have pleaded not guilty in Lewiston Town Court to misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and unlawfully dealing with a child. None of them responded to requests for comment Wednesday.
oh, and this:
The fourth teen who was assaulted by Belter gave what Murphy described as a gripping statement of how she focused on a plant while she was being raped.
During the rape, he told her to stop being such a baby. She focused her attention on the leaves of the plant as she cried during the attack, Murphy wrote, according to the News. The Defendant told her that, if she stopped resisting, it wouldnt hurt as much.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/17/newyork-christopher-belter-rape-probation/
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Man who sexually assaulted 4 teenagers gets no prison time. (Original Post)
janterry
Nov 2021
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. Read this on a thread here earlier in the week.
This is truly revolting by any standard. I hope that the adults involved suffer at least some consequences and hopefully Karma will play a role in the life of this disgusting excuse for a human being.
Tanuki
(15,087 posts)2. "...at Belter's parents' home in a wealthy neighborhood..."
I doubt the judge would have made the same ruling if his family did not have wealth and influence.