Vanderbilt rape case

The Vanderbilt rape case refers to a rape case in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, involving four former Vanderbilt University football players.[1][2][3]

On August 9, 2013, Brandon Vandenburg, Cory Batey, Brandon Banks and Jaborian McKenzie were indicted for rape and had been arrested.[4] All four men were charged with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. They had raped an unconscious 21-year-old victim in the school's Gillette House dorm on June 23, 2013. The defendants were dismissed from the football team on June 29, 2013 and banned from campus during the six-week investigation that followed.[4] A fifth player, Chris Boyd, pleaded guilty to criminal attempt to commit accessory after the fact and was dismissed from the team but not the university[5] for his role in helping to cover up the rape.[6]

In July 2016, Batey received a 15-year prison sentence after being convicted.[7] In November 2016, Vanderburg was sentenced to 17 years in prison after being convicted.[8] In August 2017, Banks received a 15-year sentence after being convicted.[9] In March 2018, McKenzie became the only of the four defendants to not receive any jail time after accepting a plea deal which included 10 years' probation and a lifetime registration as a sex offender.[10]

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References
  1. Stevens, Matt (June 23, 2017). "Third Former Vanderbilt Football Player Convicted of Rape". The New York Times. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  2. Moyer, Justin Wm (January 28, 2015). "Two former Vanderbilt football players convicted of rape thanks to pictures one of them took during attack". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  3. Barchenger, Stacey; Tamburin, Adam (June 27, 2017). "Jury: Brandon E. Banks guilty in Vanderbilt rape case". The Tennessean. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
  4. "Former Campus Athletes Indicted on Multiple Counts of Aggravated Rape, Aggravated Sexual Battery". ABC News. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  5. Haas, Brian (September 17, 2013). "Chris Boyd dismissed from Vanderbilt football program". USA Today. Retrieved September 18, 2013.
  6. "Chris Boyd becomes fifth Vanderbilt football player indicted in rape case". CBS News. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  7. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/07/14/cory-batey-faces-least-15-years-friday-sentencing/86953944/
  8. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/11/04/brandon-vandenburg-sentenced-17-years-vanderbilt-rape-case/91113160/
  9. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/08/17/brandon-banks-faces-friday-sentencing-vanderbilt-rape-case/565194001/
  10. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2018/05/21/vanderbilt-rape-case-final-defendant-jaborian-tip-mckenzie-agrees-plea-deal/623957002/


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