Crime & Justice

Four Former La Vernia Students Indicted in Texas Town’s High-School Mass Rape Case

‘SANCTIONED RITUALS’

The 2017 scandal, involving the alleged sexual abuse of at least 10 victims by varsity athletes, roiled the 1,200-person Texas town.

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