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K-State QB Roberson accused of sexual assault, might miss bowl GAME
CBS Sportsline ^
| 1/1/2004
| SportsLine.com wire reports
Posted on 01/02/2004 10:29:55 AM PST by Therapist
PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- Kansas State quarterback Ell Roberson was accused Thursday of sexually assaulting a woman at the team hotel, leaving his start in the Fiesta Bowl in question.
Roberson told police he had consensual sex with the 22-year-old woman, who is a Kansas State alumna and acquaintance of the quarterback, Paradise Valley police Lt. Ron Warner said.
Neither the woman nor Roberson were staying in the room where they had sex at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort, Warner said.
Kansas State athletic director Tim Weiser said it would be up to coach Bill Snyder whether Roberson, the Wildcats' career total-offense record holder, would play Friday night against Ohio State. Freshman Dylan Meier is the backup quarterback.
"I've know coach Snyder for several years now and I know he'll do the right thing," Weiser said.
"We are dealing with partial information. To identify an individual, we think, is unfair. But we respect the legal system and the decision they made."
Ell Roberson's playing status for the Fiesta Bowl will be decided by coach Bill Snyder.
AP) The woman told police she was assaulted between 3-3:30 a.m. The investigation began when the hotel's security office called police at 4:30 a.m. The players had an 11 p.m. curfew on Wednesday.
Medical tests were conducted but results were not expected until next week, Warner said.
A report will be submitted to the Maricopa County attorney's office to determine if there is sufficient evidence to file charges, Warner said.
Roberson was not with Kansas State players at a pep rally Thursday afternoon.
The senior from Baytown, Texas, needs 67 yards to become the third player in NCAA Division I history to rush for 1,000 yards and pass for 2,000 in a season.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Kansas; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: college; dirtytricks; ellroberson; football; kansas; kstate; ksu; rape
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator
To: JackRyanCIA
"They should not allow women around athletes hotel rooms, locker room doors or anywhere else the team members congregate.We can make that happen when the athletes' hotel rooms, locker room doors, etc. are in the confines of a state penitentiary. Of course they might have to tolerate the women psychiatrists and guards ...
To: JackRyanCIA
"Why else are they hanging around the hotels? Huh. Don't you think they, the women, should start taking responsility for themselves and stay out of dangerous situations. WOW!
"
Hmm...seems to me that girls have always hung around football stars. But not all football stars sexually assault those women. In fact, I'm sure most don't. But, you apparently think that hanging around a football player is "asking for it." I hope your daughter doesn't fall for a jock, then. Maybe you'd have a different point of view, then. Or maybe not.
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posted on
01/02/2004 11:46:54 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
Comment #24 Removed by Moderator
To: MineralMan
Reminds me of the book A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe. A good book, not nearly as much fun as his Bonfire of the Vanities, though.
Comment #26 Removed by Moderator
To: JackRyanCIA
"Hum? They enter a mans room for what? To talk? Play chess perhaps. "
I've had women in my hotel room, and talking was all we did. I never believed that proximity to a woman gave a man the right to have sex with her. That's another issue altogether.
You can blame women for whatever you want, but forced sexual activity is just plain wrong, no matter what the situation.
Was this woman using poor judgment? Probably. Does that justify sexual assault? Never.
Of course, we'll have to wait and see if an actual assault took place, but it sure sounds like it.
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posted on
01/02/2004 11:58:18 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: JackRyanCIA
"My daughter is married and a mother. I brought her up right. Please don't bring my daughter into it."
Why not? Every woman is someone's daughter, including the one in question now.
I'm very familiar with sports groupies. Most of them are actively seeking sexual encounters with these false heroes. Sounds like this was a different case, though. But you're still blaming the woman. Oh, well.
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posted on
01/02/2004 12:00:18 PM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
Comment #29 Removed by Moderator
To: babaloo
He is either baiting or it is Kobe. The woman and Ell, according to reports, did know each other and she was there for the game.
Didn't this moron learn anything from Kobe's case? Far too many athletes have this enormous sense of entitlement, of being above the law.
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posted on
01/02/2004 12:05:04 PM PST
by
Dante3
Comment #31 Removed by Moderator
To: Therapist
I believe it was Casey Stengal, the one time Yankee manager, who said something to the effect: Its not staying up late that affects an athlete's performance, its what he does staying up late that affects his performance.
To: JackRyanCIA
"Look man, believe what you want."
Say...thanks for the permission. Personally, I believe that adult men and women can do whatever they like. Everyone involved in this is over 18.
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posted on
01/02/2004 12:10:48 PM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
Comment #34 Removed by Moderator
To: Therapist
If Bubba could stay as president, if Teddy Kennedy can stay in Congress then this guy can play in a stupid football game. Snyder will allow it. You all know that some people are more equal than others. The only thing preventing him from playing probably would have been a nativity scene in his hotel room.
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posted on
01/02/2004 12:16:05 PM PST
by
Digger
To: af_vet_1981
Looks like Roberson is ready to play in the NFL NBA. It's not called the National Felon Leage for nothing.
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posted on
01/02/2004 12:16:05 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
Comment #37 Removed by Moderator
To: Therapist
Drive, drive on down the field men of Scarlet and Grey,
don't let them through that line we have win this today.....
GO BUCKS!
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posted on
01/02/2004 12:22:15 PM PST
by
TheCause
(I love animals, they're delicious.)
To: JackRyanCIA
but they don't have women guards at mens prisons. See even they are smarter than you.You are very much mistaken. I guess even I am smarter than you.
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