10. The “Jubie” – Sexual Jabs With A Broomstick
At Jaunita High School in the state of Washington, five football students held a special needs student on the shower floor, yanked his pants down and jabbed him with a broomstick. The hazing practice is called “jubie,” a text message released in court revealed. The victim was pulled away in tears. Half an hour later, one of the perpetrators sent out a text saying, “I feel so bad now.”
A judge deemed the assault “part of the culture.” Attorneys say it was more football hazing than sexual assault. “Jubie” was a word meaning violating teammates with foreign objects. Of the five perpetrators, two or three of them had been through similar episodes. One of them was sleeping in his bunk at a football retreat when players tried to grab him in the dark. He says they tried to sexually assault him, but he fought it off. The special needs students wasn’t so lucky.
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