Daisy Coleman, the teen at the center of the explosive Maryville, Missouri rape case, may yet find justice after nationwide attention, including pressure from "hacktivist" group Anonymous, forced small-town prosecutor Robert Rice to reopen the case.<br /><br />As part of an effort to help spur a re-examination of the case, Coleman recently recounted her version of events to xoJane.com.<br /><br />On the night of January 7, 2012, the then 14-year-old and her 13-year-old best friend snuck out of her home during a slumber party to meet 17-year-old senior football player Matthew Barnett.<br /><br />He took the pair to his parent's home where he and four friends plied the young girls with shot after shot of vodka.<br /><br />The last thing either remembers is being surrounded by the popular football players, coaxed to drink more and more.<br /><br />Less than an hour later, they discarded Coleman in front of her parent's home. <br /><br />Hearing what sounded like dog scratches hours later, her mother found Coleman lying bruised and half-dressed in below freezing temperatures. <br /><br />Doctors examining a rape kit later confirmed the nightmare scenario Daisy's mother had already been forced to come to grips with.<br /><br />Police quickly rounded up the suspects and recorded their confessions. <br /><br />It seemed as if the Daisy's nightmare would soon be over, but the quaint all-American town of Maryville, Missouri conspired to work against the Coleman family's search for justice.<br /><br />As word of the incident got out, many students at Maryville High School made it known they stood by the accused athletes.<br /><br />Students took to Facebook and Twitter to call her a "whore" and a liar and encouraged her to take her own life.<br /><br />Daisy also found herself suspended from the cheerleading squad for her apparent "role" in the events.<br /><br />She recalls arriving at a dance competition to find a schoolmate sporting a homemade T-shirt reading: Matt 1, Daisy 0.<br /><br />As the member of a prominent political family, support for Barnett also extended into Maryville's adult world.<br /><br />Daisy's mother, Melinda, was sacked for unspecified reasons from her job at a local veterinary clinic.<br /><br />And despite a seeming mountain of evidence, county prosecutor Robert Rice dropped charges, citing insufficient evidence.<br /><br />Even when the family decided they had had enough and decided to leave Maryville, a fire broke out at the home they were trying to sell.<br /><br />The scandal caused outrage online and garnered worldwide attention after hacktivist collective Anonymous, who have helped bring convictions in other rape cases, took up the cause.<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />TomoNews is your daily source for top animated news. We've combined animation and video footage with a snarky personality to bring you the biggest and best stories from around the world. <br /><br />For news that's fun and never boring, visit our channel:<br />https://www.youtube.com/user/TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Subscribe to stay updated on all the top stories:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS<br /><br />Stay connected with us here:<br />Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS<br />Google+ http://gplus.to/TomoNewsUS
