Girl 'encouraged' gang rape of Audrie Pott who committed suicide

A GIRL is accused of "encouraging" the gang rape of a classmate and taking pictures of the alleged sexual abuse that were posted online.

Audrie Pott committed suicide last September after passing out drunk at a party at a friend's house in Saratoga, Northe Carolina.

The Saratoga High School student told police that boys whom she had known for years took off her clothes and sexually assaulted her, including writing and drawing on intimate parts of her body and taking cellphone photos of their actions.

The three boys accused of sexually assaulting the 15-year-old were arrested on charges of sexual battery and distribution and possession of child poography. They were released from a juvenile detention centre last month and ordered into house arrest as they await trial.

Audrie's parents have now added a 15-year-old girl to their lawsuit alleging she was present in the room when the assault occurred and encouraged the boys 'to expose and/or photograph and/or draw on Audrie's body', according to the amended lawsuit.

The new defendant, identified only as Jane C as she is a minor, encouraged the assault and the taking of pictures, according to the lawsuit.

She then buttoned and zipped Audrie Pott's shorts, covered her with a blanket and left her alone.

The lawsuit claims that Jane C. lied about her involvement to cover up the assault.

Audrie tried to confront the boys accused of attacking her online and posted her feelings about it on social media.

'I have a reputation for a night I don't even remember and the whole school knows,' she wrote in one Facebook message to a friend.

'I cried when I found out what they did,' she wrote in another.