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Summary
A sentencing hearing was held in the Donaldson case on January 11, 2013. Hillary McLaughlin was getting cold feet about testifying. She was too frightened to go through with it. Kevin testified to the lasting harm that the assault had done to Allison. He told the judge that Allison was still being continually harassed by Donaldson’s friends. He asked the judge to decide on the harshest sentence.
Keely Williams testified about the night when the rape occurred. Allison was crying and hysterical but did not want to go to the police because it would ruin Donaldson’s life. She finally went to the police so he couldn’t hurt another girl some day. She felt ostracized in her own home town because of Donaldson’s friends and fans who have been hateful towards her.
Hillary McLaughlin told about her experience with...
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