NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â A former Vanderbilt football player was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious female student. Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins handed down the sentence for Cory Batey after the victim in the case said her […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â A jury convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players on Tuesday of raping a former student, rejecting claims that they were too drunk to know what they were doing and that a college culture of binge drinking and promiscuous sex should be blamed for the attack. The jury deliberated for three hours before […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â Defense attorneys for a former Vanderbilt football player accused of encouraging his teammates to rape an unconscious coed will get a chance to have their say in closing arguments Tuesday morning. Brandon Vandenburg did not have sex or penetrate the 21-year-old student â no one disputes that. But the question jurors […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â The alleged victim of a rape at Vanderbilt University has testified that she has no recollection of being sexually assaulted. The woman was a 21-year-old student majoring in neuroscience and economics in June 2013 and had recently begun seeing football player Brandon Vandenburg. She testified that the last thing she remembered […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â Had it not been for an act of vandalism, four former Vanderbilt football players probably would not have been charged with rape. Deputy District Attorney General Tom Thurman told jurors Tuesday that the vandalism, which occurred the same night as the alleged attack, prompted Vanderbilt officials to take a look at […]
