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Charges against five teenage boys who were accused of gang-raping an 18-year-old girl at a playground in Brooklyn last month have been dropped as she admits to having consensual sex with the boys and her father.
The unnamed girl has recanted her allegations of sexual assault against Denzel Murray, 14, Shaquell Cooper and Ethan Phillip, both 15, and Onandi Brown and Travis Beckford, both 17, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced Wednesday afternoon.
'Working closely with the NYPD, my office has thoroughly investigated disturbing and very serious allegations of a gang rape at gunpoint last month inside the Osborn Playground in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn,' a statement from Thompson's office reads.
'The complainant, as well as her father, provided multiple inconsistent accounts to NYPD Detectives and to experienced Special Victims prosecutors about important material facts in this case.
Free to go: Denzel Murray, 14, is one of the five teenage boys who had the sexual assault charges against him dismissed on Wednesday. He is pictured above smirking after his arrest in January
Accused: The teens (pictured, outside court) claimed the girl was having sex with her father in the Brooklyn park when they arrived on January 7
New floodlight-style lighting offers some illumination at the Osborn Playground in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The lighting was installed after the young woman made the rape accusations against five teen boys
'The complainant has recanted her allegations of forcible sexual assault and the existence of a gun, and she does not wish to pursue criminal charges against any of the defendants.
'She also refuses to cooperate with any prosecution against her father, who was engaging in sexual conduct with her. That night, this young woman's father and the five young men engaged in conduct that was reprehensible and wrong, but because of the lack of reliable evidence, criminal charges simply cannot be sustained.'
Thompson said that he hopes the young woman 'gets all the support she needs going forward,' adding that victim advocates have been working with her and will provide any assistance she may need in the future.
Originally authorities charged the five teens accused - ages 14, 15, 15, 17 and 17 - as adults, each with one count of rape, two counts of criminal sex act, and one count of sex abuse in connection with the alleged assault.
The girl involved claimed that she was with her 39-year-old father in the park drinking at about 9pm on January 7 when the group of teens approached them.
She told investigators that the group accosted them in the park and ordered the father to leave.
When he returned moments later and hurled a bottle at the teens, one teen pulled out a handgun and ordered him to leave, according to investigators at the time.
The bespectacled 14-year-old was facing rape and related charges along with his co-defendants
The new lighting comes after the 18-year-old girl said she was gang raped by a group of five teenage boys in Osborn Playground (above) in January
Police Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said at the time that the young woman gave a very credible report.
'She had physical injuries at the time,' he said. 'She was traumatized.'
Her father said he wandered around for several minutes looking for help. He claimed he went into a store but a merchant refused to let him use a telephone, police said.
He then flagged down two police officers and told them he feared his daughter was being murdered, Boyce said.
'Apparently he was hysterical,' Boyce said. 'He said a gun was pointed at him.'
In an interview with Eyewitness News in January, the dad defended his actions that night, saying he felt that if he stayed behind and tried to defend his daughter, he would have been shot.
He said: 'The one put a gun in my face telling me to run, and all of them had their way with her.'
The girl also offered her side of the story, saying she was scared when her father took off running, leaving the men to take turns raping her.
The officers found her alone in the playground with bruises and cuts. Pieces of her clothing were found strewn near the park.
Shaquell Cooper (left) and Ethan Phillip (right) also seemed to be smiling and scowling prior to their court appearance in January. The charges against them were dismissed Wednesday
Travis Beckford, 17, was the last of the five teens to be identified in the alleged incident, but is now free to go
Sources also said she bit an officer. She initially refused to go to hospital but was then taken by ambulance and interviewed the next day.
The young woman claimed to have bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder, but was not prescribed any medicines. She also had multiple healed scars on her arms.
After the suspects' capture, at least two of them told investigators they believed the sexual encounter was consensual, police said.
Following the teens' arrests in January, two of the boys insisted that they had consensual sex with the 18-year-old.
They also claimed to have witnessed the young woman having sex with her father in the park before the man staggered away from the scene, leaving his daughter alone with the teens.
'Can we have some of that?' one of the boys allegedly asked the father.
'We did get that information from two of the persons arrested, from no one else,' Boyce said.
Pictured: surveillance video shows the suspects in the rape entering a bodega before the alleged incident
The 18-year-old woman had been inside Osborne Park in Brownsville drinking beer with her father when the five teens approached them, police previously said
The young woman's father denied claims of incest made against him by two of the male teens.
'They're just trying to get out of the thing they did,' the unnamed father told the New York Post in January on his way to a deli to buy beer. 'I want them to rot in jail.'
Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Lisa Nugent said in January that none of the four suspects was identified by witnesses who viewed lineups and photo arrays.
Investigators said they did an extensive search for witnesses but came up empty. They said they recovered video from a nearby middle school that showed distant figures entering the park, helping to bolster the woman's account.
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This is wrong in so many ways...
Jackie please tell them many of them have no idea what is going on next door where they lives all they live for is a bullshit 9-5 and come home at least you have a career, young girls are going through hell they are not safe no where especially if they are living with relatives
Ab Gai and Leroy smith who makes us look stupid and tolerate the nonsense in the community, thats one the younger folks are as ignorant as f***, when you have people like that who who aint teaching their kids nothing, its the end of black history month ask a month like that what has a teach kids, what kind of sit down did he had with his kids, what kind of reflection did he reveal to his kids, we both know around the world no one is teaching black history any more you go around and ask those little dummies a question unless it includes lil wayne or kanye west they know nothing, but we have grown ass man just spitting nonsense it is getting ridiculous
Rape is only a Spanish thing? So only people from Spain rape? Well I guess you should know you probably been raped by a Spanish guy.. What an a******..
HandsomeMan what a dumb thing ti say how old are you how ignorant was that, unless you are involve with volunteer and involve with kids in the system you have no idea what is going on around, i have been volunteering since 2005 from the youth center in North Philly, to Brooklyn and Also the Safe Space for children by playing big brothers do you know how many little girls from black house hold that have been rape and abuse either by their uncles, cousins even fathers and brothers, some of them have gotten pregnant for their own fathers, I know a girl right now going through rehab for alcohol and drugs and she is only 16 the problem with your negros everything that is going bad in the community you dont want to talk about it but when someone reveal the truth you people call bashing or hating you niggers are the worse that why niggers are in the situation they are, that s*** has been going on in the community for years the biggest problem we have right now not even parents are not concern about are young girls having sex with grown ass man for money all in the black community some of them talk about it when they are together others talk about it online some even brag about how much money the older men be giving them, now i am defending the spanish community they are not my concern but to say some s*** like that people like you make other people ignore the problem and i bet you have daughters, at your age grow up and have some sense teach your kids if they cannot open their mouths with something smart dont say nothing at all shut up and learn from others
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