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Posted: February 25, 2008
Updated: February 26, 2008

2 Charged, Third Sought on Sex Charges

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Raleigh, N.C. — Two Wake County men were charged Monday with sex offenses, and authorities were searching for a third man.

Kevin Acosta and Jose Vidal face sexual offense and sexual exploitation charges. Renan Jimenec was being sought in the case.

Authorities said Acosta attacked a girl at a party while his friends took pictures with a cell phone. The girl was drunk at the time, authorities said.

Acosta and Vidal were each being held in the Wake County Jail on $1 million bond.

RELATED TOPICS: Wake County

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Just because the girl was drunk does not give any man the right to rape or have sex with her. I agree she should not have gotten that drunk, but the statute is plain, if she is incapable of voicing her objections it is rape. Same difference if she had been asleep when it all started. Guys, if you want sex that bad there are plenty out there willing to give it up....it does not have to be taken!!!
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February 26, 2008 5:16 p.m.
If you're drunk and not in control of your thoughts and actions, then bad stuff can happen. I think the girl is just as much to blame as the guys. She shouldn't have put herself in that situation. It wouldn't have happened if she was doing what SHE was supposed to do. She's not blameless.
Click to view my profile Groovy
February 26, 2008 4:44 p.m.
With young girls dressing like Britney Spears and having no limits given to them by parents, people like this will take the opportunity to exploit them. If you dress like a hooker and act like a hooker, you might end up being treated like a hooker. What happened to modesty and parental supervision?
dogmama
February 26, 2008 4:09 p.m.
N&O has more - According to arrest warrants, Acosta is charged with raping a 17-year-old female the night of Feb. 15. Kevin Acosta,17 is charged in connection with the rape and cell phone videotaping of the rape of a teenage runaway. He appeared in court today.Another man, 26-year-old Jose Vidal, was charged Feb. 21 in connection with the incident. He faces the same charges.
Click to view my profile dianadarling
February 26, 2008 3:38 p.m.
This is why I tell my girls NOT TO drink. Not just because "mommy says so". But because BAD things can happen. I started having this conversation with them in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.It is so sad that our children have to lose their innocence so young, but knowledge is power.
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February 26, 2008 3:21 p.m.
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