--- title: Ohio Couple Charged for Live-Streaming Sexual Assault Online description: An Ohio couple faces charges after the woman allegedly used Periscope to live-stream her boyfriend sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. canonical: https://time.com/4293662/ohio-sexual-assault-periscope/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-14T13:19:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:06:07.312Z article:section: Business og:title: Ohio Couple Charged for Live-Streaming Sexual Assault Online og:description: They live-streamed the incident on Periscope, officials said og:url: https://time.com/4293662/ohio-sexual-assault-periscope/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d452bb47cd724dd/69888f1a0b72e31ba56e8f21/marina-lonina-raymond-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Marina-Lonina-Raymond-Gates og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ohio Couple Charged for Live-Streaming Sexual Assault Online twitter:description: They live-streamed the incident on Periscope, officials said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d452bb47cd724dd/69888f1a0b72e31ba56e8f21/marina-lonina-raymond-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ohio Couple Charged for Live-Streaming Sexual Assault Online  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Apr 14, 2016 1:19 PM CUT  A composite image shows photos released by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office of Marina Lonina and Raymond Gates, who were charged April 13 with rape, kidnapping, sexual battery and pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, for allegedly using an app to livestream the rape of a 17-year-old girl. A composite image shows photos released by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office of Marina Lonina and Raymond Gates, who were charged April 13 with rape, kidnapping, sexual battery and pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, for allegedly using an app to livestream the rape of a 17-year-old girl.Franklin County Sheriff's Office/AP  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Apr 14, 2016 1:19 PM CUT An Ohio couple faces charges of rape, sexual battery and charges related to child pornography after a woman allegedly [used Periscope](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/13/rape-indict.html "undefined") to live-stream her boyfriend sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. The incident took place Feb. 27, when someone who knows the woman saw the live-stream and contacted authorities. Marina Lonina, 18, and Raymond Gates, 29, were allegedly socializing with the minor when Gates began forcing her to have sex with him, the [Columbia ](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/13/rape-indict.html "undefined")[_Dispatch_ ](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/13/rape-indict.html "undefined")[reports](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/13/rape-indict.html "undefined"). Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said the couple and the teen were under the influence of alcohol when the assault occurred. Lonina is also charged for taking [nude photos](http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36042728 "undefined") of the 17-year-old the day before the assault. Gates and Lonina could receive a sentence of over 40 years in prison. \[[_Columbia Dispatch_\]](http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/13/rape-indict.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4293662/ohio-sexual-assault-periscope/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4293662/ohio-sexual-assault-periscope/"},"headline":"Ohio Couple Charged for Live-Streaming Sexual Assault Online","datePublished":"2016-04-14T13:19:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:06:07.312Z","description":"The prosecution says the woman used Periscope to live-stream her boyfriend allegedly rape a 17-year-old girl.","url":"https://time.com/4293662/ohio-sexual-assault-periscope/","keywords":["Tech","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d452bb47cd724dd/69888f1a0b72e31ba56e8f21/marina-lonina-raymond-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d452bb47cd724dd/69888f1a0b72e31ba56e8f21/marina-lonina-raymond-gates.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Marina-Lonina-Raymond-Gates","caption":"A composite image shows photos released by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office of Marina Lonina and Raymond Gates, who were charged April 13 with rape, kidnapping, sexual battery and pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, for allegedly us","creditText":"Franklin County Sheriff's Office/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4293662/ohio-sexual-assault-periscope/","name":"Ohio Couple Charged for Live-Streaming Sexual Assault Online"}}]}] ```