Vanderbilt releases names of 4 players in investigation


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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...-names-of-4-players-in-investigation/2518961/

Vanderbilt released the identities of four football players who were kicked off the team and barred from campus amid a sex crimes investigation.

The university identified the four players Monday as Cory Lamont Batey, 19, from Nashville; Brandon Vandenburg, 20, from California; Brandon Eric Banks, 19, from Maryland; and JaBorian "Tip" McKenzie, 18 from Mississippi.

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Vanderbilt coach James Franklin said in a statement that the university continues to cooperate with Metro police.i

"For student athletes at Vanderbilt, it is a privilege, not a right, to be a part of the program. My coaching staff and I make sure every member of our team understands that. We insist on high standards of personal responsibility and integrity, and there are consequences when those standards are not met.
 
Looks like they already know these four are going down. I can understand them being suspended from the team for breaking team rules but to kick them off the team and BAN them from campus amid an investigation just does not seem right unless someone already knows they are guilty. I think the one from MS is from Natchez. :-(
 



3 ex-Vanderbilt football players in custody facing rape charges

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/29/us/tennessee-vanderbilt-football-probe/index.html

(CNN) -- Three of four former Vanderbilt University football players indicted on charges of rape Friday are now in police custody, according to Nashville Metro Police Department.

The men were indicted in connection with the alleged rape of a 21-year-old student in a campus dormitory in June and are each facing multiple criminal charges, according to authorities in Tennessee.

Charged are Brandon Vandenburg, 20, of Indio, California; Corey Batey, 19, of Nashville; Brandon Banks, 19, of Brandywine, Maryland; and Jaborian McKenzie, 19, of Woodville, Mississippi, according to the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department.

Police said each of the four men is charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Vandenburg is also charged with one count of tampering with evidence and one count of unlawful photography.
 
Three More Men Arrested in Sexual Assault Case at Vanderbilt University

A fifth Vanderbilt football player, along with two California men, were arrested in connection with an alleged rape in a dorm room on the Nashville, Tenn., campus, authorities said.

Vanderbilt Commodores wide receiver Chris Boyd, 21, turned himself in to Nashville police this morning after he was indicted for allegedly trying to help four of his former teammates engineer a cover-up in the case, which has now resulted in the four being charged with rape, according to the Nashville Police Department.

Brandon Vandenburg, 20, of Indio, Calif.; Cory Batey, 19, of Nashville; Brandon Banks, 19, of Brandywine, Md.; and Jaborian McKenzie, 19, of Woodville, Miss., were each charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery on Aug. 9.

The four men are charged with raping an unconscious 21-year-old victim in Vandenburg's Gillette House dorm room on June 23, police said. They were dismissed from the team on June 29 and banned from campus pending a six-week investigation.

Boyd is accused of taking part in an attempted cover-up of the sexual assault after he allegedly gave advice to certain defendants who were indicted last week, police said. He is charged with one felony count of being an accessory after the fact.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/vanderbilt...n-campus-rape-investigation/story?id=19990752
 
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