Anthony Bertolone, a Sigma Chi member at Drake University, had invited a fraternity brother to vacation with his family in the Ozarks. And that’s when the college mate discovered, on Bertolone’s computer, evidence of Bertolone sexually molesting him while he slept — or rather, knocked unconscious by drugs.
The story, which I’m a little late to, goes like this:
[T]he alleged victim found images of himself being sexually abused on the suspect’s computer, copied the images to a memory card and notified police. A search warrant was obtained and executed Tuesday to search the room of 21-year-old suspect Anthony Bertolone. Des Moines police spokeswoman Sgt. Lori Lavorato says the victim was incoherent during the assaults, which date back to as early as last fall. She believes he was drugged and says the victim was unaware of the assaults until he discovered the pictures of himself on Bertolone’s computer.
The victim told police that he was never in a sexual relationship with Bertolone and that he did not agree to the acts, reported KCCI. According to the victim, Bertolone performed the sexual acts on him while he was passed out. “This is something that he had no knowledge of. In the video it shows and it’s very evident that he was incoherent at the time,” said Lavorato according to KCCI. “I feel awful for him and it’s unfortunate that this happened to him. But I’ll give him kudos because he had a lot of courage to come forward.”
As you might’ve guessed, Bertolone was kicked out of the frat and faces charges of third-degree felony sex abuse. And you thought your Facebook privacy settings were going to expose you.
CHIP1218
I know this is a serious situation, and I feel horrible for the victim. But this reminded me of something I saw a few years ago on youtube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zvTRQr7ns8
Argos
I hope he gets 20 years for it (preferably more). Drugging and raping someone is beyond reprehensible. The guy did indeed have courage to come forward, most guys (and most girls) probably wouldn’t have. I hope he’s able to recover psychologically.
Fitz
Isn’t date rape the whole point of being in a frat? Would Mr. Victim do the same to a girl? I don’t care about frat boys or what happens to them.
bs19
@Fitz:
Rape in whatever sense is deplorable. Your a bastard.
Fitz
@Fitz: Fuck off imbecile. Obviously I think rape is horrible, which is why I think that the whole frat culture is disgusting.
MK
@Fitz – This is a ridiculous argument. It’s reprehensible behavior by anyone under any circumstances. He should go to jail for life. Many people never recover from being a rape victim; it changes them for life.
scott ny'er
i’m assuming he got bjs and not anally raped because wouldn’t he be able to tell?
jesus
so hot
TonyD
I see nothing “hot” about a person you think is your friend raping you; that’s disgusting. The guy is mentally disturbed to do such a thing- it’s not acting on a homosexual impulse, perhaps a disturbed deranged wicked confused interpretation, but how could you do that to anyone??
Matt
@Fitz Having lived in a Fraternity, come out at a house meeting, and been fully supported by my brothers I can tell you that it is not about “rape”. You remind me of one of my theater professors, she asked me why I’d want to join a group of date rapists and I said that was the same thing as saying every single theater major was a homosexual and she was being just as hypocritical about them as they are about us. Rape is a horrible debilitating crime but it is in no way relegated to Fraternities nor is every Fraternity responsible for or party to rape or rapists.
Hyhybt
Sometimes it’s *good* that people are too stupid to set up a guest account.
adman
Did he make him a bottom, in the below the waist sense, or was it oral bottom for passed-out top? The “victim” is gonna want to know, if he’s going to whip up the greatest amount of homophobic hysteria in the courtroom. Or for that matter on Queerty…hey Queerty! why the drama? Oh yeah you’re just a buncha freakin’ molesters too, of our sensibilities! Cheers, enjoyed it..on to the next one.
Hyhybt
@adman: Not sure I should even bother… but why did you put “victim” in quotation marks, and how, as he’s seen pictures, would he not know already?
adman
@Matt: And then you joined GOProud, where there is no such thing a hetero-male privilege over faggots like you, and everything is freaking hunky dory! What a douchebag frat boy, I bet you work for an investment banking firm now.
adman
@Hyhybt: Yes, photo evidence to present to the court must include these details, please. Oh, and I meant to include Queerty readers with the “courts”, get it?Ssorry for a sense of humor. Is this something you’re overthinking perhaps? Queerty is famous for it’s “trolling” posts, that’s part of the fun.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Geeze, and I thought my frat initation was rough………..
DR
@Matt:
100% co-sign. I did the same thing. One of my brothers told a gay joke, I came out when it was my turn to speak, and it started an internal dialogue within the house which was at times both good and bad, as is bound to happen in *any* organization, especially one where leadership and membership changes so regularly.
I am so fed up with this idea that fraternities and sororities are these vile, evil institutions full of “white privilege”. Get over your bad oppressed selves and live a little already, ok? This guy woke up a victim of rape, found out in a bizarre way, and was brave enough to go to the police. Instead of showing a bit of support, you all decide to zap the fraternities. Really nice.