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State grand jury indicts 4 BYU athletes in rape case
PROVO --A state grand jury has indicted four Brigham Young University football players in connection with the rape of a 17-year-old girl during an August party, the Utah County Attorney's Office announced Friday.
B.J. Mathis, Karland Bennett, William Turner Jr. and Ibrahim Rashada are charged with four felonies each --two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and one count each of obstruction of justice and dealing in material harmful to a minor.
In the case of each player, one sexual assault charge alleges they committed bodily
harm during the course of a rape or attempted rape. The second sex
ual assault is for allegedly causing bodily harm during forcible or attempted forcible sodomy.
Two other football players also face criminal charges, Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson said.
Provo police launched an investigation after the girl reported that she went to the off-campus apartment of Bennett and Mathis on Aug. 8, watched pornography with a group of players, drank vodka with them and then, after passing out or falling asleep, woke up while being raped by three or four players.
Bryson said the two other players indicted are wide receiver Antwaun Harris, who is alleged to have made a false statement to investigators, a second-degree felony, and defensive back Billy Skinner for allegedly dealing in material harmful to a minor, a third-degree felony.
Arrest warrants were issued for Mathis, Bennett and Rashada, and Rashada was arrested Friday and detained in the Utah County Jail. A judge ordere
d al
l three men held on $100,000 cash bail.
Mathis and Bennett
are in Texas. If they are arrested there, Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson said he would seek extradition.
Turner, 18, was 17 at the time of the alleged incident and will be tried in juvenile court, Bryson said. Turner will be allowed to turn himself in instead of being arrested.
Bryson said the case is the first time a grand jury has been used in Utah County in 15 years. The last time a grand jury was used in Utah was in connection with the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case.
A grand jury takes the place of a preliminary hearing.
The girl's family members have asked the media not to contact them.
No court dates have been set.
Provo police have investigated three incidents involving BYU football players since January, and subsequent reviews of the allegations by the university's Honor Code Office concluded with punishment for 14 players:
"â┚¬Ã…¡ÃƒÆ’”�Å¡¢ In January, several
players
engaged in group sex with a female BYU track athlete at a party in a west Provo home. T
he woman initially told police she was raped but later recanted. University officials expelled one player, suspended three for a year and placed two on probation. The woman withdrew from school.
"â┚¬Ã…¡ÃƒÆ’”�Å¡¢ In April, two players beat up and robbed an acquaintance. Both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, and both were suspended for one year.
"â┚¬Ã…¡ÃƒÆ’”�Å¡¢ The Honor Code Office reviewed the actions of nine players in the August incident. Three were cleared of wrongdoing, but six were punished. Three were suspended for a year, one was partially suspended, one placed on probation and one warned.
BYU administrators and members of the school's board of trustees were stung by the incidents, which were accompanied by intense --and obviously negative --publicity. National headlines trumpeted the police investigations, and ESPN dedicated its daily "Outside the Lines" program to BYU's
troubles on
Sept. 3, the night before the football team's first game, an upset victory over Notre Dame
.
Here's a composite photo of these four strapping Mormon lads from Utah:
- Brewski
I searched for this topic on the boards but didn't find any matches. Treat it as an "update" if this case has already been covered.. deez here boyz be OFFICIALLY charged.
State grand jury indicts 4 BYU athletes in rape case
PROVO --A state grand jury has indicted four Brigham Young University football players in connection with the rape of a 17-year-old girl during an August party, the Utah County Attorney's Office announced Friday.
B.J. Mathis, Karland Bennett, William Turner Jr. and Ibrahim Rashada are charged with four felonies each --two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual assault and one count each of obstruction of justice and dealing in material harmful to a minor.
In the case of each player, one sexual assault charge alleges they committed bodily
harm during the course of a rape or attempted rape. The second sex
ual assault is for allegedly causing bodily harm during forcible or attempted forcible sodomy.
Two other football players also face criminal charges, Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson said.
Provo police launched an investigation after the girl reported that she went to the off-campus apartment of Bennett and Mathis on Aug. 8, watched pornography with a group of players, drank vodka with them and then, after passing out or falling asleep, woke up while being raped by three or four players.
Bryson said the two other players indicted are wide receiver Antwaun Harris, who is alleged to have made a false statement to investigators, a second-degree felony, and defensive back Billy Skinner for allegedly dealing in material harmful to a minor, a third-degree felony.
Arrest warrants were issued for Mathis, Bennett and Rashada, and Rashada was arrested Friday and detained in the Utah County Jail. A judge ordere
d al
l three men held on $100,000 cash bail.
Mathis and Bennett
are in Texas. If they are arrested there, Utah County Attorney Kay Bryson said he would seek extradition.
Turner, 18, was 17 at the time of the alleged incident and will be tried in juvenile court, Bryson said. Turner will be allowed to turn himself in instead of being arrested.
Bryson said the case is the first time a grand jury has been used in Utah County in 15 years. The last time a grand jury was used in Utah was in connection with the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case.
A grand jury takes the place of a preliminary hearing.
The girl's family members have asked the media not to contact them.
No court dates have been set.
Provo police have investigated three incidents involving BYU football players since January, and subsequent reviews of the allegations by the university's Honor Code Office concluded with punishment for 14 players:
"â┚¬Ã…¡ÃƒÆ’”�Å¡¢ In January, several
players
engaged in group sex with a female BYU track athlete at a party in a west Provo home. T
he woman initially told police she was raped but later recanted. University officials expelled one player, suspended three for a year and placed two on probation. The woman withdrew from school.
"â┚¬Ã…¡ÃƒÆ’”�Å¡¢ In April, two players beat up and robbed an acquaintance. Both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges, and both were suspended for one year.
"â┚¬Ã…¡ÃƒÆ’”�Å¡¢ The Honor Code Office reviewed the actions of nine players in the August incident. Three were cleared of wrongdoing, but six were punished. Three were suspended for a year, one was partially suspended, one placed on probation and one warned.
BYU administrators and members of the school's board of trustees were stung by the incidents, which were accompanied by intense --and obviously negative --publicity. National headlines trumpeted the police investigations, and ESPN dedicated its daily "Outside the Lines" program to BYU's
troubles on
Sept. 3, the night before the football team's first game, an upset victory over Notre Dame
.
Here's a composite photo of these four strapping Mormon lads from Utah:
- Brewski
