per STrib: ‘Nothing nefarious’
If necessary, both lawyers say they’re ready for the long haul.
“We’re going in there for zealous advocacy for our clients and we hope for the truth to come out,” Hutton said. “The truth is nothing nefarious happened in that room.”
The suspended Gophers do not face criminal charges. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman has twice reviewed the Minneapolis Police Department investigation and declined to prosecute, noting the enhanced burden of proof in the courts.
The EOAA report, which was obtained and published by KSTP-TV, found the student’s claims of sexual assault “more credible” than players’ denials. A police investigator, however, reviewed three brief cellphone videos from the beginning of the incident and determined the “sexual contact appears to be entirely consensual.”
The lawyers say the EOAA recommended expulsion for Ray Buford, Carlton Djam, KiAnte Hardin, Dior Johnson and Tamarion Johnson; one-year suspensions from the university for Seth Green, Kobe McCrary, Mark Williams and Antoine Winfield, Jr., and probation for Antonio Shenault.
Regardless of how the hearings come out, Pacyga said, anyone can “Google these guys 50 years from now and this is going to be at the top of it.”
http://www.startribune.com/suspende...-friday-in-sexual-assault-incident/411698196/
Go Gophers!!