Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Providence Police Investigating Possible Sexual Assault By 2 PC Players

((HT: WJAR-TV Providence))

Providence police are investigating an allegation that two (then) Providence College basketball players sexually assaulted another student on campus. Providence College knew about the alleged incident in November, but the complaint was filed with local police only two weeks ago.

At that time of the original filing, the school suspended Rodney Bullock and Brandon Austin for "not upholding their responsibilities as student-athletes." Bullock has stayed with PC, but has been suspended all season. Austin, on the other hand, transferred to Oregon. Neither athlete has been questioned by police yet...

Providence College isn't allowed to notify police of a sexual assault- which seems odd at the least. PC has conducted an internal investigation, but hasn't said what their discoveries are...

And they're not really responding in any in-depth manner...

"In November, we were informed of an incident involving two student-athletes on the men's basketball team. In this situation and all cases like it, our response was immediate and in compliance with our long-standing disciplinary process," the school said in a statement to WJAR-TV.

Here's team coverage from earlier Wednesday evening...
News, Weather and Classifieds for Southern New England

Not that the team needed another distraction or anything, but they start their post-season tournament Friday in San Antonio against North Carolina...

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