A jury disagreed about Batey’s intentions in April when he was found guilty of one count of aggravated rape, three counts of aggravated sexual battery, one count of facilitation of aggravated rape and two counts of attempted aggravated rape.

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At the sentencing hearing on Friday, Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins could have given Batey more years in prison but said he and the three other men accused of being involved in the crime already “basically have life sentences.”

“After they get out of jail or prison they will be on the sex-offender registry for the rest of their lives,” Watkins told the Tennessean. “That’s a life sentence in and of itself.”

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The sentencing came after the 21-year-old rape victim relayed how Batey’s “foolish behavior” will affect her for the rest of her life. The Washington Post does not name victims of sexual assaults.

“It’s hard for me to stand here on display and speak to you today about the impact this has had on my life. The thought of sharing any more of myself that hasn’t already been taken from me seems unbearable, and it goes against every instinct that I have,” the woman said in her statement. “It will never be possible for anyone to put into words how this has affected me. You will never understand what this has done to me if you aren’t standing in my shoes. The humiliation, the pain, the isolation, being reduced to nothing but a piece of flesh right before your eyes, it does something to you that is truly impossible to describe.”

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The victim does not remember the rape because she was unconscious. Her only knowledge of it came when police showed her evidence in the form of graphic photos and videos of the rape that had been recorded on the players’ cell phones.

“A detective showed me some of those photos and videos that you and 42 jurors have now seen so many times,” the victim said in court, “and what I saw was image after image of my genitalia covering the entire frame on the screen. These stark, alien-looking fingers all over the flesh were moving from frame to frame, with multiple hands reaching in. Videos played, and I heard the laughing. I heard the degrading, taunting voices.”

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She later continued: “Something permanent snapped that day. I felt myself detach from my body. Now, I feel like I’m walking around in the shell of someone else. A part of me went numb, a sense of being a whole person with hopes and dreams about what’s possible in the world was now gone.”

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