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Convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child in concert with others, the 20-year-old will not be eligible for parole.
Also on Wednesday, the Houston Chronicle learned that the Cleveland girl at the center of the gang rape that captured national attention was the victim of another sexual assault in Jefferson County.
According to investigators there, the assault occurred Dec. 12, 2011, when the girl ran away from Girls' Haven in Beaumont. She had been placed there after Child Protective Services removed her from her Liberty County home for her protection when the 2010 gang rapes were under investigation.
"But then she ran away from the home with another girl. Both were on the streets for about a week," Jefferson County prosecutor Ed Schettle said Wednesday.
At some point, she encountered 30-year-old Jacobi Gilbert, who had a prior conviction as a drug dealer in Fort Bend County. He assaulted her at his apartment in Beaumont and then pleaded guilty in September to aggravated sexual assault of a child in exchange for deferred probation, Schettle said.
Prosecutors described Cruse as one of a "pack of dogs" who gang-raped the girl; the defense likened her to a "spider" who lured men into her web. (Houston Chronicle)
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