A chilling video shows LSU student Madison Brooks leaving a bar accompanied by the young men accused of raping her. Drunken Brooks was reportedly raped after four suspects picked her up from a local bar in Baton Rouge, Louisiana before abandoning her on a dark road where she was hit by a driver. In the video, Brooks can be seen running after the four men as they left Reggie’s bar in the early morning hours of January 15.
The 19-year-old student had met the group at the bar that night before getting into their car, where she was allegedly raped by two of the men — 18-year-old Kaivon Washington and an unknown 17-year-old — in the back seat.
After the alleged attack, the men dropped Brooks off along a dark stretch of road around 3 a.m., where she was fatally hit by a shared car.
Two samaritans attempted to resuscitate the 19-year-old before she was taken to a hospital where she died.
The coroner said Brooks later died of “multiple traumatic injuries”.
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East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office has said the driver was “not disturbed” at the time of the incident and “immediately contacted emergency services.”
Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, and a 17-year-old man, unnamed because he is a minor, have been charged with third-degree rape.
Third-degree rape charges usually involve a victim who is “unable to resist or understand the nature of the act because of a stupor or an abnormal state of mind caused by an intoxicant or any cause and the perpetrator knew or should have known of the victim’s disability,” the Louisiana law said.
Mr Washington’s uncle, Everette Lee, 28, and Casen Carver, 18, were charged with rape and were released on bail on Wednesday.
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Judge Myers told the court that “the evidence is clear to me,” adding that it was clear that a crime had occurred before Brooks died.
Specifically, Judge Myers said he viewed video of Brooks and the defendants from inside the vehicle, according to the report.
He said footage, allegedly taken by one of the four suspects, showed the others “heartlessly” laughing at Brooks, who appeared to smear as she spoke.
The video reportedly did not contain the alleged rape.
The judge also saw footage that showed Brooks in Reggie’s bar earlier in the evening as she struggled to get up and was seen falling.
Prosecutors are also expected to compose a grand jury.
Judge Myers ordered Washington to be held on $150,000 bond in connection with the third-degree rape charge.