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School 'pleased' that alleged rapist was arrested

Tristen Killman-Hardin
Tristen Killman-Hardin
By Adam Carlson
Dec 2, 2014

An teenage boy in Oklahoma has been arrested on two rape charges following multiple accusations of sexual assault from former classmates, according to Jezebel.

Police said that Tristen Killman-Hardin, 18, raped a 16-year-old girl on Sept. 19 after she fell unconscious while drinking. Per KOCO, "Court documents show [the victim] said she had been out drinking with friends and the next morning received a video texted to her that depicted her being sexually assaulted in Killman-Hardin's car."

Killman-Hardin was the subject of a November investigation by Jezebel, facilitated by a "local feminist knitting circle." In that piece, three former classmates, all minors, accused him of sexual assault while they attended Norman High School.

According to Jezebel, he was kicked out of the school after allegedly circulating video of one of the assaults. KOCO reports he was suspended once the school learned of the accusations against him.

Killman-Hardin has been charged with two counts of first-degree rape, according to KOCO. His bond was set at $250,000.

"He won't be a student of Norman Public Schools ever again," the school system said in a statement. "We aren't surprised by and are pleased that charges have been filed on him."

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