Ian Cleary pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault, stemming from an incident in 2013 at Gettysburg College where he assaulted Shannon Keeler in her dormitory. Keeler had pursued charges for years, reigniting her efforts after discovering disturbing Facebook messages from Cleary. A judge scheduled sentencing for Oct. 20, with a proposed four- to eight-year sentence. Cleary traveled overseas after the assault and was arrested in France on unrelated charges. Mental health issues were noted by his defense team amidst the case's lengthy process of legal pursuit.
Ian Cleary, 32, pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault more than a decade after Shannon Keeler says he sneaked into her first-year dorm at Gettysburg College and assaulted her.
Keeler described her decade-long efforts to persuade authorities to pursue charges, starting hours after the assault. She renewed the quest in 2021, after finding disturbing Facebook messages from Cleary.
A former prosecutor declined the case a decade ago. Keeler, now 30, said, 'It took a lot of people doing the right thing to get us here.'
Judge Kevin Hess set an Oct. 20 sentencing date, and the two sides proposed a four- to eight-year sentence, which the judge can accept or not.
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