Hacking probe in Ohio rape case targets Ky. man

Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky.

A central Kentucky man who goes by the online name KyAnonymous said Tuesday he is the target of an investigation into who hacked into an Ohio high school’s computer and posted a video related to the rape of a teenage girl at an alcohol-fueled party.

Hacker activists helped propel coverage of the Steubenville rape case, in part by re-posting a 12-minute Internet video showing a former student joking about the attack and the victim, a West Virginia teenager.

Deric Lostutter, 26, told The Associated Press he posted the video on the school’s athletics booster website, but he said he didn’t hack into the site or any computers. He said someone else, who he wouldn’t identify, hacked into the website.

Two football players were convicted of rape. Ma’Lik Richmond, 16, was sentenced to at least a year in the state juvenile-detention system. Trent Mays, 17, was sentenced to at least two years in juvenile detention. He also was convicted of photographing the underage girl naked.

Lostutter believes he could go to prison for posting the video.