Calif. teen commits suicide after alleged rape

AP Photo/Family photo provided by attorney Robert Allard

A Northern California sheriff's office has arrested three 16-year-old boys on accusations that they sexually battered Audrie Pott, left, a 15-year-old California girl who hanged herself eight days after the alleged attack in the fall of 2012. The boys remained in school until April 11, 2013, when sheriff's deputies took them out of their classrooms and arrested them on charges of sexual battery and distribution of child pornography. According to Robert Allard, an attorney for the Pott family, the three suspects allegedly took Pott upstairs to a bedroom during a Labor Day weekend party where she drank a combination of vodka and Gatorade and passed out. The boys then allegedly assaulted her, drew and wrote on her, and took a photo of an intimate body part, Allard said.

An undated personal photo of Audrie Pott.

Sheila Pott, left, mother of Audrie Pott who committed suicide after an alleged sexual assault, answers questions during a news conference, April 15, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. At center is Lisa Pott, Audrie's stepmother and at right is Larry Pott, Audrie's father.

A board filled with messages for Audrie Pott, who committed suicide after a sexual assault, is displayed during a news conference Monday, April 15, 2013 in San Jose, Calif.

Robert Allard, an attorney for the family of Audrie Pott, speaks during an interview at his office in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 12, 2013. Allard said that Pott committed suicide after she was sexually assaulted by three of her friends and a photo surfaced online.