Girl, 16, 'was gang-raped by up to 20 men at her homecoming dance and left for dead'

The trial began yesterday in the grisly and brutal 2009 gang rape of a 16-year-old California girl who was sexually assaulted and left for dead by up to 20 different men after her homecoming dance. Marcelles Peter, 20, of Pinole, faces life in prison without parole if convicted for his role in the brutal assault. Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney John Cope delivered a graphic opening statement yesterday in which he described how police found the girl propped up by a metal beam under a picnic table half-naked and bloodied. She was 'incoherent and barely conscious' and covered in alcohol, urine and dirt. Cope said Peter took part in the more than two-hour assault on the girl after she was plied with alcohol. She had a blood alcohol level of .35 and has no memory of the attack.

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