9:28pm: Spellacy has clarified his previous comments, telling Rapoport via text message: “When I referenced a ‘consensual sexual event,’ I was NOT referring to intercourse. That did NOT happen.” Spellacy added, “Nothing that Gareon has said has been inconsistent” (Twitter links).
9:13pm: Raiders first-round pick Gareon Conley, who was accused of sexual assault before the draft, gave a statement and provided a DNA sample to Cleveland police Monday, his attorney, Kevin Spellacy, told Ian Rapoport of NFL.com. It could be six to eight weeks before the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office decides whether to pursue charges against the former Ohio State cornerback, according to Spellacy.
In speaking with police, Conley claimed that he and his accuser had a consensual sexual encounter on April 9, per Spellacy. That “changes everything,” writes Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. After all, when news of the accusation came to light last week, TMZ reported that two of Conley’s friends told police that he did not have sex with the woman in question. With that in mind, this is now a “he said, she said situation,” notes Florio (also an attorney), who points out that Conley’s fate might ultimately rest with a jury. And if that jury believes Conley’s accuser, he could be indicted on first-degree felony charges and face a three- to eight-year prison sentence.
Less serious than Conley’s predicament is the plight of the Raiders, who went out on a limb in using the 24th overall pick on him. The Raiders conducted their own investigation before drafting Conley, with general manager Reggie McKenzie telling Peter King of The MMQB: “I understand the issues involved. But we did our research, and we read all the reports, and we did more than our due diligence. After all the information we got, we were comfortable with making this choice and confident in who this player is.”
Conley, for his part, has strongly denied any wrongdoing.
So the team must have already known this information before the draft. Either he’s innocent of the allegation and the Raiders know it, Or they completely dropped the ball on this one. My gut says the former all the way.
RM got a huge steal here, as Conley is the best cover corner in the draft and is 100% innocent. I mean, he did call a white girl trash after she went down on him, but hey, that’s not a crime.
Excellent job by the agent having Conley give his statement after the draft. Having it scheduled gave the impression he was coming clean and now this today. More mystery than before.
Dudes 100% innocent. A girl named Brooke blew him, then wanted laid after he, finished. He told her no, and to leave the hotel room. He called her trash, which made her made. She left with one of the witnesses who was present during the um, Bjob, literally in the room getting laid during. Brooke then suggested that they should day they were raped, at which time the girl said she wasn’t going to do that bc she had only had sec with her BF. It’s a sad story of a girl not getting what she wanted and attempting to ruin a guys life bc of it. Nothing will come of this, as there were no less than 3 ppl in the room every moment Conley spent with Brooke, 2 of which he had just met that night.
Consensual is a vague word today.
Something may have happened. One side will hype it, the other will diminish it.
Funny how cornerbacks are held to a higher standard than former presidents
Smells more like a shakedown than an attack
Presidents are scrutinized a lot more than an athlete because they are held at a higher standard with far more expectations. There was a lot more evidence for Lewinski and Clinton than there currently is for Conley and his accuser.
Did I miss something, or did I dream that President Clinton was never accused of rape? He lied too about not doing anything with Lewinsky, but no one ever accused him of raping anybody,which is why that whole fiasco was silly, and that goes past partisan politics. It was a big waste of our time as a country for 2 years.
You must have missed something. Juanita Broaddrick. Here is the wiki of the rape accusation.
link to en.m.wikipedia.org
Rick Perry voice: Whoops.