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Summary Of Our Guys The Glen Ridge Rape

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In the story “Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburbs” by Bernard Lefkowitz describes the events of Leslie a mentally ill woman that was raped by the treasured group of high school athletes in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. The gang rape occurred on March 1, 1989. Leslie left her house in the afternoon to go play basketball in the park. When she arrived at the park, many of the school 's athletes were there, either watching or taking part of baseball practice. One of the boys Chris Archer approached her and asked her to come down to a basement of a nearby house for a party. The house was near the park and Kyle Scherzer’s parents were out of town, but his grandmother was in the house. When she told Chris no, she agreed

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