First trial connected to Cleveland gang rape case set for May 21

The first trial connected to the alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland will happen later this month

  CLEVELAND, TX (KTRK) -- The first trial connected to the alleged gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in Cleveland will happen later this month.

A trial date of May 21 was set for 22-year-old Carlos Ligons. He's one of 20 men and juveniles initially charged in the case. Investigators say the group sexually assaulted the girl in an abandoned trailer, over a three month period in the fall of 2010.

Five of the juveniles and one adult have made plea deals in the case.

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