Um, Excuse Me Tarpon Springs, But You Currently Have A Giant Rape Culture Problem On Your Hands

ByEve Vawter

Tarpon Springs Rape CaseLast night I was informed about a brand new teenage Tarpon Springs rape case (Yeah, another one) and this time it is out of Florida. Jared Alissandratos , 17, has been charged with the sexual battery of a physically incapacitated girl. This is a first degree felony that can carry a 30-year prison sentence if he is convicted. According to the report, charges against two other boys,  who are both under the age of 18 and also students at Tarpon High, are being forwarded to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office for review and possible prosecution.

It’s the same old story we have heard so many times over the last few months. Girl sneaks off to a party where no adults are present , drinks too much, is taken to a quite room to sleep it off and is then sexually assaulted. The Allisandratos are well known in the community, and Jared is known as being “very popular” and “cute.” According to neighbor Nancy Ward , there are frequent house parties at this waterfront home belonging to Jared’s father where there are no adults present, but plenty of alcohol. Another example of some excellent parenting.

I was contacted by a family member of the alleged victim last night and we spoke about the Tarpon Springs rape case. The victim, who is a 15-year-old, is doing okay but is being shielded from social media and the outrageous amount of bullying, slut-shaming, and rampant support of the alleged rapist.These Tarpon High teens are not the smartest bunch. Just reading through their tweets I was able to see their cell phone numbers posted, photographs of their family members, their cheerleading schedules, and a whole lot of them who enjoy getting “majorly fucked up” on “booze and weed.” I have kindly edited their names out (and you Tarpon high parents should thank me for this, because your little princelings and princesses might want to be aware most of the world doesn’t talk to kindly to this level of nasty cyber-bullying), but anyone can easily find these kids on Twitter and watch their underage drunken Vine videos.

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And when they are not Tweeting their support for an alleged rapist, they are pretty much hating cops and their family members.

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This is just my advice, so make of it what you will, but if you are a parent of a teen who attends Tarpon High, you may want to have a little chat with them about how EVERYONE IN THE WORLD can see what they are doing. A lot of these kids are free and easy with their full names, cell phone numbers, where they work, how much they drink, how high they are, and who they are currently having sex with. You might want to carefully explain to them that underage drinking is illegal. And you may want to give them a very long lecture all about how a drunk girl can’t give consent to having sex with a boy, no matter who his father is, and not matter how cute he is.

If you are one of these teens posting this bullshit, I know you think you are super adorable with your frosted highlights and your excessive sun tanning, but you should know that one out of every six women is a victim of sexual assault. This could be your sister, your mother, your grandmother, your daughter, your friend. You. Before you take to the internets to bitch about your homework schedule and how much your parents suck between calling a 15-year-old girl a “whore” you may want to remember this could be happening to someone you care about. Or yourself.

Granted, we don’t know what exactly happened in this case because the investigation has just started. I am leaning towards believing this victim because girls rarely lie about rape and because of the information I received from her relative. But until we know more, every aspect of this Tarpon Springs rape case is alleged, except for the fact that the kids posting on social media using the #FreeJared hashtag (and there is another hash, but it identifies the underage girl in the case, so I won’t repeat it here) have parents who have no idea what the hell their teens are up to. Consider this your wakeup call.

(Photo: WFLA)

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