'I want them to rot in jail'- Father of Brooklyn gang rape victim speaks out

The 39-year-old father and his teenage daughter
told police they were drinking beer at the Osborn
Playground in Brownsville last Thursday night
when they were accosted by the five youths,
between the ages of 14 and 17, who then
proceeded to rape the 18-year-old after
threatening the father with a gun.
Following the teens' arrests earlier this week,
however, two of the boys offered a different
version of events, insisting 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.
'They're just trying to get out of the thing
they did,' the unnamed father told the New
York Post Thursday on his way to a deli to
buy beer. 'I want them to rot in jail.'
Meanwhile, it merged yesterday afternoon that all
five of the five suspects - Onandi Brown and
Travis Beckford, both 17, Denzel Murray, 14,
Shaquelle Cooper and Ethan Phillip, both 15 – will
be released from jail later Thursday.
All five teens have been charged as adults with
rape, criminal sex act, sexual abuse and other
charges. They deny the allegations.
At a press conference today, NYPD Commissioner
Bill Bratton talked about a video that has been
retrieved from the cellphone of one of the teenage
suspects, calling it a 'significant piece of
evidence.'
Bratton did not specify what was in the video,
only saying that it was 'nine to 11 seconds' long.
The commissioner then added cryptically: 'The
first story is never the last story. I think in this
case that's certainly the case or will prove to be
the case.'
On Wednesday, attorney Spencer Leeds, who
represents Onandi Brown, dismissed the alleged
victim's allegations as a total lie, claiming that
the girl and her father failed to pick any of the
first four suspects from a police lineup.,