"A man who sent a Facebook message that said, "So I raped you," to a woman he had sexually assaulted in college in 2013 was sentenced to two to four years in prison on Monday. The sentence came more than a year after Ian Cleary was extradited back to Pennsylvania from France over the assault at Gettysburg College and nearly 12 years after the victim first went to police."
"Victim Shannon Keeler told the court on Monday that the messages only reopened wounds she had long carried over the assault, which went years without being prosecuted. "The system meant to protect me protected you instead," said Keeler, detailing in a powerful 10-minute impact statement the years she spent pursuing charges, which prosecutors are often reluctant to file in campus sexual assault cases. "This isn't just my story, this is the story of countless women," she said."
Ian Cleary was sentenced to two to four years after sending a Facebook message saying "So I raped you" to a woman he sexually assaulted in college in 2013. The sentence followed his extradition from France and nearly 12 years after the victim first reported the assault. The judge cited Cleary's guilty plea, remorse and long history of mental illness in imposing a sentence below state guidelines. Cleary said he sent the messages as part of a 12-step program seeking atonement. Victim Shannon Keeler said the messages reopened long-held wounds and criticized the criminal system's response to campus sexual assault; her lawyer said the sentence was less than expected.
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