Prout, one of last year's Naples Daily News Graduates of Distinction, has said she was bullied by classmates after alleging she was assaulted and that the school did not acknowledge what happened to her. Paul's School her freshman year and half of her sophomore year of high school. She attended the Community School of Naples for two years, then attended St. She and her family moved to Collier County in 2011. More: Chessy Prout turns trauma into opportunity to advocate for others Labrie and Prout, 18, met subsequently, leading to the sexual assault complaint after the latters sister found out about the encounter. More: Commentary: I Have the Right To: Giving a voice to survivors of sexual assault In 2014, Senior Salute, a game of sexual conquest at St Pauls School, saw seniors emailing a girl to see if she would meet up. It also examines rape culture and the importance of consent in sexual encounters and relationships. The book recounts the trauma Prout experienced and how she coped. ![]() She co-authored a memoir, "I Have the Right To," with Boston Globe investigative reporter Jenn Abelson, who has written extensively about sexual assault in New England prep schools. Since then, Prout has become an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and abuse. Paul's School in New Hampshire as part of a ritual known at the school as the "Senior Salute." She was in ninth grade at the time. Prout said she was sexually assaulted at St. And the Prout family, despite saying they were in this only to force SPS to change its policies, nevertheless for some reason waited approximately 3 years after those policies were changed to settle their lawsuit, presumably for something more than some changed language in the SPS handbook.Chessy Prout, a Community School of Naples graduate, will discuss her book at an event in North Naples on Monday night. Yet, it remains that Labrie’s life has been seriously disrupted, while Prout retreated to her $4MM mansion in Naples Florida and will now be enrolling at Barnard this Fall. If she had been a few months older, or he a few months younger, even the statutory rape charge could not have stood.įrom my point of view, both kids acted very stupidly - I have zero respect for either, or frankly for any of the other kids at SPS whose messages can be discovered. After hearing all the evidence, the jury did not convict him of sexual assault. They are not perfect, but they are the system we have. Trials have all sorts of safeguards built into them. We have plenty of emails from Labrie that paint him in a very unflattering light, to say the least, lol. And then there is this from the trial (slightly censored): “She acknowledged at trial that she had shaved her _ in advance, and her closest friend told the police that the girl had said she was probably willing to let Labrie _, and _ him, though she herself testified that she did not recall saying this.” Her sister had dated him, and there were intimations of sibling rivalry at issue. But she also had plenty of knowledge here. In my view, it also degrades the very cause it is purported to promote.Īgreed. In a society thriving on scandal, a myth may boost the circulation of magazines, but let’s not forget that it causes real pain to hundreds of students, parents, and faculty. There are some occasional jerks, fortunately an extreme minority, but ‘the culture of sexual contest’ is a myth, in the experience of my daughter and others that I know. The majority of students are kind, responsible, socially aware, empathetic, honest, and ethical. Here is what I can state with certainty: The school is safe. I urge to put them in a context and assess them holistically. Considering that she was at SPS for a year as a 15 year old, and that was 4 years ago, I suggest that there are many students, parents, and faculty with a deeper - and more accurate - understanding of SPS’s culture, especially currently. With all respect for the cause that she is trying to advance, I don’t think that her representation of the school environment is fair. No one has a monopoly on a school’s culture, and Chessy Prout isn’t the ultimate authority on SPS’s culture. ![]() Unfortunately, they do not seem to have the same platform. Other students, former and current, have as much right for their voices to be heard. The high-profile trial of Owen Labrie garnered national and international media attention, as Chessy’s assault was part of a sexual conquest ritual known as the Senior Salute, in which senior boys would compete for dates and often sex with younger girls. Yet they do not invalidate the experiences of others. Chessy Prout has the right speak about her experiences. My experience and my daughter’s experience at SPS are nothing like what’s described in the book. Consider this perspective of a parent of a current student:
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