Indiana University frat rapist avoids prison, gets only probation
A former Indiana University student will only serve one year’s probation after pleading guilty in two rape cases.
John Enochs, from suburban Chicago, was charged last September with raping two women, with one alleged attack occurring at the Bloomington school’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity house.
The victim told authorities that in April 2015 she had been held down by an attacker as she repeatedly told him to stop.
She suffered a laceration to her genitals.
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Prosecutors also brought charges for another alleged victim who said she was attacked by Enochs in similar case in 2013, according to WXIN.
Authorities said that DNA taken from the second victim after the attack matched Enochs.
Rape is a level 3 felony in Indiana, and can carry up to 16 years in prison upon conviction.
It was not immediately clear what prompted prosecutors to settle for a probationary sentence, dropping the rape charges as Enochs pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery.
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One of the alleged attacks occurred at the Delta Tau Delta house at Indiana University Bloomington.
(Fox 59 News)
The decision comes after the sentence given to former Stanford student Brock Turner for sexual assault drew international attention for its leniency and his supporters placing the blame on drinking. Turner is expected to spend three months in jail
Court records seen by WXIN say that Enochs spent one day in jail.
Social media sounded off with racially charged outrage on the light punishment, many seeing similarities between Turner and Enochs’ cases.
“Why are all these men getting a slap on the wrist for rape!!! It’s sick I don’t get it,” Facebook user Juleon H. Dove fumed.
“#John Enochs only spent one day in jail. White privilege must be a wonderful thing!” quipped Twitter user Alina.
Enochs’ LinkedIn page shows that he was scheduled to graduate this year, though a university spokesman said when he was charged that Enochs is no longer a student at the school.
Indiana University Bloomington has faced criticism for the way it has handled sexual assault cases on campus, and Department of Education data from earlier this month says that it currently has three open Title IX complaints against it.
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