Three teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who killed herself after photos of the alleged attack were shared online.
Audrie Pott hanged herself last September, eight days after passing out at the party where the humiliating assault is said to have taken place.
Police in Santa Clara, California on Thursday arrested two 16-year-olds at Saratoga High School and a third at Christopher High School in Gilroy.
The Pott's lawyer Robert Allard said she posted on Facebook that her life was "ruined" and that she was going through her "worst day ever" shortly before committing suicide.
"The family has been trying to understand why their loving daughter would have taken her life at such a young age and to make sure that those responsible would be held accountable," he said.
The Pott family, who wanted the case to be made public, has requested privacy until a planned news conference next Tuesday.
They have started a charitable foundation to provide music and art scholarships and offer youth counselling and support.
The foundation website alludes to the teen's struggles, but until now neither law enforcement, school officials nor family have discussed the sexual battery.
"She was compassionate about life, her friends, her family, and would never do anything to harm anyone," the site said. "She was in the process of developing the ability to cope with the cruelty of this world but had not quite figured it all out."
The arrests came on the same day as developments in a similar case in Canada.
Rehtaeh Parsons was bullied online for months before taking her own life Authorities in Nova Scotia are examining the case of a teenage girl who hanged herself on Sunday after an alleged rape and months of bullying.
A photograph said to be of the 2011 assault on 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons was shared online.
No charges initially were filed against four teenage boys being investigated.
Now, four government departments have been ordered to look into the case.
Audrie's story has also been compared to the recent conviction of two Steubenville high school footballers, who raped an unconscious girl at a party and then posted pictures online.
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