Two 18-year-old men face child pornography charges in connection with the case of a 17-year-old girl who hanged herself after she was allegedly gang-raped and bullied online, Canadian authorities said Thursday evening.
A police statement did
not provide details, but the family of Rehtaeh Parsons has said she
developed suicidal thoughts after she was sexually assaulted in 2011 and
a picture of the incident was shared by phone and online.
The two men whose names
were not released were arrested Thursday morning at their homes in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, according to Royal Canadian Mounted Police and
Halifax Regional Police.
One man faces two counts
of distribution of child pornography, authorities said. The other is
accused of one count of distribution of child pornography and one count
of making child pornography.
The two, who were minors at the time of the incident, were released on a promise to appear August 15 in youth court.
Parsons was taken off life support in April, three days after she hanged herself.
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