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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Hard News Sexual assault and college athletes
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:54 PM
There's nothing bigger when it comes to colleges than the athletes. They're the stars you attend class with, especially if you attend a college like Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C.
But according to a report that will air on the Today Show, it seems that some Wake basketball players may have gotten away with rape.
According to the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes, the former student will talk about a rape that was allegedly committed by two Wake Forest basketball players. The Winston-Salem Journal identified the players as Gary Clark and Jeff Teague.Clark, a 6-foot-4 guard from Sarasota, Fla., graduated from Wake Forest this spring. Teague, a 6-foot-2 guard from Indianapolis, Ind., left Wake Forest in 2009 after declaring early for the NBA Draft. He spent two seasons with the Demon Deacons.
Hatch did not state in his letter that a student-athlete was involved.
The Winston-Salem Journal reported the alleged incident happened in the players' hotel room on Mar. 19, 2009, in Miami, Fla., the day before the Wake Forest basketball team took on Cleveland State in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
According to the report in the Winston-Salem Journal, the alleged victim accused Clark of forcing her to have oral sex with him while Teague stood outside the door. She filed a complaint with police in North Carolina and in Florida, but due to the lack of physical evidence and the fact that the players alleged the oral sex was consensual, no charges were filed.
"I am aware that some members of the local news media have received an email purporting to provide information about that incident," Hatch wrote. "I have also recently learned that this same email may have been circulated more broadly, and some members of our Wake Forest community may have received it in their personal email accounts."
One in five college women has been raped at some point in her lifetime, according to One in Four, a national rape prevention organization. But when a sexual assault involves a college jock, he usually walks, according to a USA TODAY article.
Brian Edmonds, James CrawfordVirginia Tech football
They were accused of raping a female student in their apartment in 1996 and were indicted on rape and attempted sodomy charges. Each conceded that the prosecution had enough evidence to convict them of attempted aggravated sexual battery, but did not admit guilt. Each received a one-year suspended sentence.
No wonder the victim waited. She probably knew the outcome. The segment is expected to air at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday.
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