LAWRENCE, Kan. — A Kansas decide on Friday ordered College of Illinois basketball standout Terrence Shannon Jr. to face trial on a rape cost following testimony from a lady who mentioned she was “terrified” as she was being assaulted.
Shannon, 23, of Champaign, Illinois, is accused of committing sexual assault on Sept. 9, in Lawrence, Kansas. The Lawrence Journal-World reported that Shannon was in Lawrence that day to look at a soccer recreation between the Illini and the College of Kansas.
He has been charged with rape or an alternate rely of sexual battery. The cost led to Shannon being suspended for six video games earlier than a federal decide reinstated him, ruling his civil rights had been violated.
A lady informed police she was at a bar when a person she later recognized as Shannon grabbed her buttocks and reached underneath her skirt and touched her sexually. The lady mentioned the bar was crowded, so she couldn’t transfer.
Shannon testified on Friday that he by no means touched the girl, the Journal-World reported.
Decide Sally Pokorny ordered Shannon to face trial and allowed him to stay free on $50,000 bond.
As a fifth-year scholar this previous season, Shannon led the Illini in scoring and helped them attain the Elite Eight of the NCAA Match earlier than dropping to eventual champion Connecticut.
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