Notre Dame Players Accused of Rape
By Tom Coyne, Associated Press Writer
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Police are investigating accusations that three Notre Dame football players and a former player raped a female student who was lured to a house with promises of a party.
The woman told investigators she was raped March 28 but waited until last Saturday to report the crime because she knew it would be a high-profile case and feared her name would be made public.
The players' names were not released because investigators have not decided whether they will be charged, St. Joseph County police Capt. Harry Seider said Wednesday. "They are still doing the investigation and interviewing people," he said. Notre Dame will conduct its own investigation.
The 20-year-old woman said she was at a bar on March 27 and started talking to the four men. She said one of them told her there was a party at his house, but when she got there, there was no party. She told police the men took turns raping her in a bedroom while the others held her down. She said she was screaming and "attempting to do her best to fight them off.''
After the attack, one of the men drove her back to campus, she said. She went to a hospital on April 2 and called police on Saturday after seeking counseling, police said.