The South Dakota 6: Teenage baseball team players. They said it was hazing. Prosecutor says rape

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The South Dakota 6: Teenage baseball team players, aged 17 to 19, are charged in connection with the rapes of two minors - including one male - and face upwards of 50 years in prison
Six teens from the Mitchell High School baseball team are accused of rape after they attended a baseball tournament in June
They face Class 1 felony charges, each punishable by up to 50 years in prison
All six defendants pleaded 'not guilty' during their first court appearance

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Six South Dakota baseball players aged 17 to 19 have been charged in connection with the rape of two minors - with one of their victims identified as a male.

Lincoln Bates, 18, Hudson Haley, 18, Carter Miller, 18, Landon Waddell, 19, Peyton Mandel, 17, and Karter Sibson, 17 are all accused of the sex assaults while participating in a tournament between June 1 and 4.

All six are charged with second-degree rape and aiding and abetting second-degree rape.

Haley faces an extra rape charge for a second victim, while Waddell was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting for a second victim.

Both victims were 16 at the time. The gender of the second victim is unknown.

The circumstances of the assault were initially framed as a 'team hazing ritual', but Pennington County State's Attorney Lara Roetzel rejected the notion, instead calling it a 'forcible assault.'


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