LINCOLN, NE. (THECOUNT) — Former University of Nebraska-Lincoln football players Katerian Legrone and Andre Hunt have been identified as the men arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged sexual assault reported in August and linked to a publicized university Title IX investigation.
Legrone was arrested on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault, and Hunt on suspicion of aiding and abetting first-degree sexual assault, according to Lincoln police.
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Legrone and Hunt are expected in court Wednesday at 2 P.M. for a bond hearing, according to Carlos A. Monzon, who represents Hunt.
The arrests stem from an Aug. 25 incident at the players’ off-campus Lincoln apartment that police have been investigating for several months, reports
Last week, a Title IX investigation by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln separate from the criminal investigation led to 2½-year suspensions from UNL for both student-athletes. According to the report obtained by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” the suspensions were for allegedly violating the university’s sexual misconduct policies, reports AnnistonStar.
The Title IX report states the “greater weight of the evidence” supported that the two men “engaged in sexual assault and sexual harassment, in violation of university sexual misconduct policies.”
Lawyers for Hunt and Legrone, both redshirt freshmen this season, told the Journal Star last week that they believed their clients had done nothing wrong.
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