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Ona Man Denied New Trial For 2010 Campus Rape At UWL

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While the U-W-La Crosse campus is concerned about an alleged campus rape reported last week, a previous rape case from U-W-L is back in the news…

State appeals court judges have rejected John Lattimore’s motions to have his rape conviction thrown out.  Lattimore is serving a seven-year prison term for sexually assaulting a female student in a U-W-L dorm room, four years ago this month.  The judges disagreed with Lattimore’s claims that the victim had lied to police.  Lattimore also argued that the jury was unfairly influenced by being told that the victim’s personality changed after the rape, and he blamed his defense attorney for not challenging testimony about what happened to the young woman.

 

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