Four men have been arrested in connection with the rape of LSU student Madison Brooks, which preceded her death after she was struck by a car, according to agents.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said Brooks was raped before she was struck and killed by a car on January 15.
Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, and an unidentified 17-year-old minor were charged with third-degree rape. Everett Lee, 28, and Casen Carver, 18, were charged with third-degree principal rape, meaning they were present but did not participate in the alleged crime.
According to investigators, Carver admitted that he and the other men went to Reggie’s Bar near the LSU campus and drank alcohol. He said Brooks came out of the bar with them and was “very unsteady on his feet, unable to balance and unable to speak clearly without slurring,” the arrest document says, according to FOX 8.
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LSU sorority student Madison Brooks was struck and killed by a carpool.
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Kaivon Deondre Washington, pictured, 18, and an unidentified 17-year-old minor are charged with third-degree rape.
(East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office)
Carver allegedly told investigators that the 17-year-old and Brooks were “hugging and walking together.”
He said Brooks asked to be taken home with them, according to the court order. She said Washington and the 17-year-old asked Brooks to have sex with them and she agreed.
Carver told investigators that she believed Brooks was too drunk to understand that she was consenting to sex and that she “hated it,” the warrant said. She said she then dropped Brooks off in a neighborhood near the scene where she was struck and killed by a car on Burbank Drive.
Brooks was standing in the dark on January 15 around 3 am when she was struck by a vehicle. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
The driver of the vehicle that struck her showed no signs of being incapacitated, according to agents.
However, the lawyer representing two of the people charged in the alleged incident claims that a video shows that no rape occurred.
“She deliberately got in the car, said her travels had left her and got in,” attorney Ron Haley told FOX 8. “This is absolutely not rape. Listen, this is a tragedy, this is definitely not a crime.”
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LSU sorority student Madison Brooks was struck and killed by a carpool.
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From left to right, Everett Lee, 28, and Casen Carver, 18, were charged with first to third degree rape.
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Investigators said Brooks had a blood alcohol level of 0.319 g percent, nearly four times the legal limit. However, Haley said that she was not as intoxicated as she was that he could not consent to her.
“Can you say she was intoxicated? Yes. To the point under the law that you say you’re in a drunken stupor, to the point where you can’t legally consent or answer questions? That was absolutely not the case “, Haley. saying.
The attorney claims that Brooks and the driver were involved in an argument after they drove to various locations.
“Based on a disagreement, he got out of the vehicle. He indicated that he was going to take an Uber,” Haley said. “I want the public to know that these young people or really the driver of the vehicle and the young people that were there, they did not push it to the side of the road.”
According to arrest documents, the driver believed the girl was too drunk to consent.
Haley believes that the video evidence from inside the car will prove that her patrons are innocent and that bars that sell alcohol to minors are to blame for the incident. Haley intends to turn the video over to investigators and the district attorney’s office.
LSU sorority student Madison Brooks was struck and killed by a carpool.
(@madibrookss/Instagram)
The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office said Madison Brooks was raped before she was struck and killed by a car on January 15.
(East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office)
Brooks was a sophomore at LSU, where she was a member of Alpha Phi sorority.
“We are grieving the sudden and tragic loss of our sister, Madison Brooks, following the accident that took her life,” the sorority wrote on Instagram. “Madison was a sophomore and she had a lasting impact on all of us. She was also a hero and was able to donate her heart and kidneys to save others. We send our deepest condolences to her family and friends during this incredibly difficult time. respectfully ask for time and space so that we can support each other in our healing process.”
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LSU President William F. Tate IV said that “the university’s collective grief and outrage cannot be expressed in mere words.”
“Madison was a daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, classmate, and friend to so many of you,” she wrote in a statement. “By all accounts, she was an incredible young woman with unlimited potential. We shouldn’t have been taken away like this. What happened to her was evil, and our legal system will dole out justice.”
