Audrie & Daisy Page #7

And she was 14.

[Ella] I don't really

remember much, but...

I got up and tried to leave

and they, punched me,

knocked me out, cracked my jaw,

and I was unconscious

for six hours. And...

They both just continuously

raped me for six hours, until I woke up.

And then, yeah, I...

walked home in bloody

clothes the next day.

[Jada] I was laid out,

passed out on the floor,

while the, um, 18-year old

was on top of me.

They took pictures.

I'm sorry. [clears throat]

They took pictures.

Uh, they posted it online.

And, uh...

We reported it

as soon as it happened

and it took them forever.

And we had to report it again.

And then everything just went black.

And then I remember waking up in my yard,

half-frozen and trying

to make it to the door.

And I remember not being

able to feel my feet.

And I remember having

this really vivid dream,

almost like I was lucid dreaming,

that my dad was just like,

"Hey, you gotta get up and go inside."

But no one really believed me.

[Delaney] It's unbelievable what people

will say about you and what, you know,

how the truth gets hidden

when so many people don't believe you.

And even now, I fight every single day

trying to convince myself

that what I did was right

and what I'm still doing is right,

so, um...

I mean, just having Daisy,

and Ella and Jada, like...

I feel like we are an army, so...

I'm glad I have all of you guys

here today. [chuckles]

[tattoo needle whirring]

[man] The water is so cold, every time.

[Daisy chuckles]

[Charlie] I think Daisy's coping

with things a lot better.

We've gotten her

into some intensive counseling.

She's still that sweet girl,

but she's like a hedgehog.

She's got the quills

and she'll poke you with them

before you ever get to anything soft.

It's sad, but...

I'm sure not scooping her up

off the bathroom floor,

running her to the ER

on my shoulder anymore

and that, in itself, is a blessing to me.

[Charlie and boys] Dear Lord.

The battles we go through in life.

Give us a chance that's fair.

A chance to earn our stripes.

If we should win.

Let it be by the code.

If we should lose.

We stand by the road.

Day by day!

We get better and better!

Till we can't be beat!

Won't be beat!

-[Charlie] Let's go, boys.

-[boys] Go, boys!

[Charlie] The signs.

Do we remember the signs?

[boys] Steal.

[laughs]

[boys] Three hard steps.

Yeah, three hard steps.

Any questions? Any at all?

All right. Get focused.

Let's go.

[Charlie] I never pictured myself

being a Little League coach.

When they asked me to do it,

I kind of rolled my eyes, like,

"They're not gonna stand a chance,

I'm gonna make them run."

And, you know, you bond with those kids.

-Go.

-[boy] Run it out! Run it out!

Yeah!

[Charlie] I don't think I ever thought

about teaching them greater life lessons

until I had heard a couple boys

making comments

about a girl, and I said,

"All right, we're having a pow-wow now,"

and I circled everybody up

and I was like, "Here's the thing, guys,

I'm here to teach you baseball,

but this isn't the kind of stuff I accept.

This isn't what I'm about.

If it's what you're about, that's fine,

but that's not what we are gonna be about

and you are more than welcome

to take yourself out of here."

After that one incident,

something clicked. It really did click.

I don't look to be

their father or anything,

but I thought, "I want to be part

of something bigger than myself."

And maybe I can kind of help them along.

Down!

[boy] Race ya.

There you go. There you go.

[crowd cheering]

[Charlie] I really just enjoy

watching them grow.

Because in the process, they help me,

they teach me a lot more about myself

and how I was at that age,

and I guess I really start

to understand a lot more.

-Atta boy.

-[man] Way to go.

Way to help yourself, Johnny.

[man] Come on, Johnny.

[Sheila] We said our goodbyes to Audrie.

But, I mean, we kept thinking,

you know, "What could have been so bad

that would've driven her to this?"

After the night of the sexual assault,

her communications were captured

on Facebook Messenger.

Sometimes the person tormenting her

was faceless or nameless.

We know from what she said in her process

of investigating her own crime

that she felt,

because of what had happened to her,

her reputation was ruined.

And it was ruined forever.

She didn't see...

any light at the end

of the tunnel, any future.

[Larry] The boys,

they were 15 at the time.

They were convicted

of having child pornography,

um, and committing, um, sexual battery.

Multiple felonies for each boy.

One of 'em got 30 days,

one of 'em got 45 days.

But it was non-consecutive,

it was weekend only.

Basically, weekend detention.

They were never suspended or expelled.

We pretty much knew that, as juveniles,

they were gonna get a slap on the wrist.

All right, I should give you the terms

and we can go over them right now.

Number one, the boys admit the allegations

as contained in the respected criminal

complaints that pertain to Audrie Pott.

[lawyer] The second term was

that their written apology is public.

They're sorry for the family's loss,

and they basically go through

all the things that were important

to Larry and Sheila.

The amazing thing about this is,

had we have gone to a trial,

we would never have been able to get

the result that we got.

And who knows how you would...

[Sheila] We brought

the wrongful death suit because we knew

that we weren't gonna get justice

in the juvenile court.

I felt that, in the civil suit at least,

it would be public and people

would know what really happened.

It was about them taking responsibility

and accountability for their actions.

But ultimately, for us,

it was about clearing Audrie's name.

Yes. Something very wrong happened here.

It shouldn't happen to anyone else.

And the only reason, we all know,

because Audrie was extremely private,

that we could have brought it forward

is because she's not with us anymore.

I think, more so than ever before,

this subject is out there,

and people are talking about it,

and this has to stop.

[John R] Part of our settlement

in the lawsuit was to...

have a 45-minute interview

with you guys here.

We had to, um...

We had to plead to stuff in order for me

to graduate, um, high school.

I've definitely learned from all this.

I mean, there's a lot of different things

that guys and girls think.

[interviewer 1]

What have you learned about girls?

Um, I mean, girls,

they gossip, really. [chuckles]

There's a lot of gossip between girls

and, uh, you know, um...

guys are more laid-back

and don't really care.

So, that's what I've learned, for sure.

[interviewer 2] I'm curious if there was

a moment during that night,

when you knew,

"This has gone too far."

Was there a moment like that for you?

[John R] Yeah.

[interviewer 2] Can you talk about that?

[John R] Well, I don't know, I've kind of

always been unhappy after that. I mean...

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