[...] in this video, for the first time, the public hears directly - and in graphic detail - from one of the 20 boys and men who have been charged in the 2010 sexual assault. A Liberty County judge eventually ruled Tuesday that McGowen's videotaped interview with police in which he acknowledges having oral sex with the girl was admissible as part of the man's trial. [...] a signed written statement by McGowen along with video�tapes of the encounter in 2010 with the 11-year-old and of another incident involving a beer bottle were also admitted. Outside the presence of the jury Tuesday, a 100-minute videotape of McGowen being interviewed by Cleveland police investigators was shown to state District Judge Mark Morefield and onlookers in the courtroom. After being told others implicated him, too, he eventually breaks down, his eyes appear to tear up, and he admits having oral sex with her. Two witnesses - including Marcus Portia, who has already pleaded guilty in the case and received 15 years for aggravated sexual assault - were called to the stand Tuesday to identify the people appearing on the tapes.
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