Four more people — including a school superintendent and a football coach — have been indicted by a grand jury investigating a cover up in the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Steubenville, Ohio.
Two high school football players had already been convicted of the sexual assault, which authorities said took place at a booze-fueled party in August, 2012.
But an Ohio grand jury handed up indictments against Superintendent Michael McVey and three others on charges that included tampering with evidence, obstruction of justice, allowing underage drinking and making a false statement.
“People made bad choices and the grand jury said there are repercussions,” Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said in announcing the charges.
“Some may ask why others were not indicted,” DeWine said. “It is simply not sufficient that person’s behavior was reprehensible, disgusting, mean-spirited or just plain stupid.
“Barring any new evidence, I believe that the grand jury’s work is done.”
In March, Steubenville High School football players Ma’lik Richmond, 16, and Trenton Mays,17. were convicted of the rape, which authorities said took place at a party in August 2012.
Photos and videos of the incident made their way onto social media and attracted national attention.
The teens were sentenced to at least a year in juvenile prison. Mays was ordered to serve an additional year for photographing the underage girl naked.
Also indicted were volunteer assistant coach, Matthew Belardine, strength coach Seth Fluharty and elementary-school principal Lynette Gorman.
Fluharty and Gorman were charged with failure to report child abuse.
Last month, the grand jury handed up indictments against William Rhinaman, the Steubenville schools’ technology director, who is accused of tampering with evidence and obstructing justice, and his daughter, who was indicted for theft unrelated to the rape case.
Prosecutors said the cover up was launched to protect the team, which has won nine state championships for Steubenville, a Rust Belt city of 18,000.