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Serena Williams has apologized after reportedly appearing to criticize the victim in high-profile Steubenville rape case.

Rolling Stone magazine quoted world tennis number one Serena Williams as saying the teenager in the Steubenville, Ohio, case “shouldn’t have put herself in that position”.

Serena Williams has now released a statement on her website saying she was “deeply sorry for what was written”.

In March, two high school footballers were convicted of the Ohio rape.

The case, involving a 16-year-old girl, fiercely divided the small town, attracting nationwide media attention.

In an interview posted on Rolling Stone‘s website on Tuesday, Serena Williams was quoted as saying: “I’m not blaming the girl, but if you’re a 16-year-old and you’re drunk like that, your parents should teach you – don’t take drinks from other people.

“She’s 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn’t remember? It could have been much worse. She’s lucky.”

Serena Williams has apologized after reportedly appearing to criticize the victim in high-profile Steubenville rape case

Serena Williams has apologized after reportedly appearing to criticize the victim in high-profile Steubenville rape case

According to Rolling Stone, Serena Williams added that the girl “shouldn’t have put herself in that position, unless they slipped her something, then that’s different”.

While not denying she made the statements, Serena Williams appeared on Wednesday to cast doubt on their accuracy.

Serena Williams said in a statement on her website: “What happened in Steubenville was a real shock for me. I was deeply saddened. For someone to be raped, and at only 16, is such a horrible tragedy! For both families involved – that of the rape victim and of the accused.

“I am currently reaching out to the girl’s family to let her know that I am deeply sorry for what was written in the Rolling Stone article. What was written – what I supposedly said – is insensitive and hurtful, and I by no means would say or insinuate that she was at all to blame.

“I have fought all of my career for women’s equality, women’s equal rights, respect in their fields – anything I could do to support women I have done. My prayers and support always goes out to the rape victim. In this case, most especially, to an innocent 16-year-old child.”

Serena Williams, a 16-time Grand Slam champion, is preparing to defend her title at Wimbledon next week.

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Steubenville high school football players Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl.

Trent Mays, 16, and Ma’lik Richmond, 17, attacked the girl after a drunken party in the town of Steubenville, Ohio. Both wept as the verdict was read out.

The case came to light via text messages, online videos and social media posts made the morning after, attracting nationwide attention.

Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond were sentenced to at least a year in juvenile detention.

Trent Mays was sentenced to another year for taking pictures of the victim, and the judge said both might stay in detention until they reach 21.

The case was thrust into the national spotlight after attention by bloggers and the hacker activist group Anonymous.

Some claimed that the community – including local police – had sought to cover up the crime to protect the accused, who were members of a celebrated high school football team.

The case focused attention on teenage alcohol abuse and highlighted the increasing use of social media as evidence in court.

Steubenville high school football players Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl

Steubenville high school football players Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond have been found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl

Last August, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond left a party with a 16-year-old girl and abused her, first in a car and then at a friend’s house.The victim was so drunk she had no memory of the attack, but prosecutors said she had been “treated like a toy”.

There was no physical evidence, but details of the evening emerged from text messages, tweets and humiliating photos posted on the internet by the attackers and other party-goers.

The case caused a bitter divide in Steubenville, a small and economically depressed former steel town that had immense pride in its high school football team, known as the “Big Red”.

Some of the witnesses were friends of the accused who gave evidence against them in return for immunity from prosecution.

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