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Monday 21 July 2014

When Abuse Becomes A Teen Meme - Teen Allegedly Raped With Pics Posted Online Talks To CNN

Jada, a Houston-area 16-year-old, was getting ready for finals week and looking forward to a summer hanging out with friends and finding a job. On June 1, she went to a friend of a friend's house party. She recalls little of what went on that evening, she told CNN, but does remember passing out and waking up the
next morning at another friend's house with her clothing askew.
Weeks later, she received text messages showing photos of her unconscious and undressed that appeared to have been taken at the party. Soon, those photos spread on social media, with Twitter users mimicking her passed-out pose and adding the hashtag #jadapose. Jada and her mother filed a police report about the incident June 22.
"It is an active investigation," said Jodi Silva, a spokeswoman for the Houston Police Department. "We're following up on leads that have been given to us. We don't want to rush the investigation, because there are many facets to it."
In light of the photos and humiliating #jadapose meme, Jada might have chosen to hide in shame. But in a time when all aspects of teen life have moved from private to public forums, something unique happened: She took hold of the story.
"There's no point in hiding," she told a Houston television station. "Everybody has already seen my face and my body, but that's not what I am and who I am."
CNN does not normally identify victims of sexual assault but is doing so in this case because the alleged victim is speaking out. Jada isn't the only alleged assault victim moving to reclaim her name and image.

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