Lindenwood University men's basketball player Ermias Nega, 22, of Arlington Virginia was charged with second-degree rape Friday Oct. 14, 2016.
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Lindenwood University men's basketball player Bradley Newman, 20, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin was charged with second-degree invasion of privacy rape Friday Oct. 14, 2016.
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Lindenwood University men's basketball player Tylan Birts, 19, of Homestead, Florida was charged with second-degree rape Friday Oct. 14, 2016.
Three Lindenwood University basketball players charged with rape
ST. CHARLES • Three Lindenwood University men’s basketball players have been charged with raping a woman in September.
Ermias Tesfia Nega, 22, and Tylan Jamon Birts, 19, were charged with second-degree rape Oct. 14, according to court documents obtained Thursday.
Bradley Newman Jr., 20, was charged with second-degree invasion of privacy. All three, listed on the roster of theLindenwood University men’s basketball team, are from out of state.
All three have been suspended from the team, according to a Lindenwood University statement released Thursday night.
“We are aware of the charges and are cooperating with the St. Charles Police on the matter. The three students have been suspended from the basketball team, and the university has begun its own Title IX investigation, in accordance to our procedure for sexual assault.”
Nega is accused of having conspired to encourage Birts and Newman to have sex with the woman, knowing that she did not consent to it.
The alleged rape occurred Sept. 18 at Nega’s and Birts’ residence in an apartment complex near the university in the 1600 block of Cullom Drive in St. Charles.
Nega was having consensual sex with the victim when he left the room and told Newman and Birts she was “ready” for sex, according to probable cause statements.
The lights were apparently off when Birts and Newman entered. The victim realized it was not Nega having sex with her and reached for the lights.
She saw Birts leaving the room and saw Newman crouched in the corner, court documents say. Newman was naked and had been watching Birts and the victim.
Birts confessed the woman did not know or consent to sex with him, the probable cause statement says. He told investigators that Nega had told him the victim was “ready” and that he knew she was not aware he was coming into the room to engage in sexual activity.
He also said Newman saw him having sex with the victim after Nega had left the room.
Nega confessed he left the room and that when he returned the victim looked “in shock” and “teary eyed,” court documents say.
The victim told police that when she confronted Nega he told her that she should not report the rape, and that if she did, she would be shamed.
Three Lindenwood University basketball players charged in rape case
they admitted to it
the way some people's minds are constructed, especially these young cats. The one breh was sitting in the corner watching
, a lot of these athletes have big egos with low self esteem/are damn near mental midgets
