The Assault

  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • TV Movie
9/20/2014
90
NR

It was the night she can't remember, but the town will never forget.

After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she can't remember in her fight for justice. Based on the true story of the Steubenville, Ohio rape case.

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  • Wuchak

    Are prized players in a football town above the law?

    A cheerleader at a high school in Eastern America reports that she was raped while partying with some football players at the school. Was it a case of kids just being kids while drinking or was a crime committed? And, if so, can it be proven?

    "The Assault (2014) is a Lifetime production inspired by The Steubenville High School rape of 2012 by the Ohio River in eastern Ohio. It mixes "Are You in the House Alone?" (1978) with the theme of football players taking advantage of cheerleaders observed in "The Swinging Cheerleaders" (1974), which is a worthwhile B flick despite the exploitive title.

    The milieu is the same as The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), just minus the telekinesis....

    April 24, 2023

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