ESPN reports, Two University of Miami football players have been arrested on sexual battery charges against a “physically helpless” 17 year old girl. The two have been dismissed from the team and suspended.
Jawand Blue (left) and Alexander Figueroa (right) both admitted to buying drinks for the victim, bringing her back to Figueroa’s dorm room in the early morning hours of July 5th, and repeatedly performing sexual acts, including intercourse, without her consent while she was “physically helpless to resist.”
In a statement released Tuesday, Miami athletic director Blake James said the players had been dismissed from the team and suspended and barred from campus.
“Earlier today, I permanently dismissed JaWand Blue and Alexander Figueroa from the UM football team,” James said in the statement. “The University has also suspended the students from school and barred them from all campus facilities while the University conducts an internal investigation and continues to cooperate with local law enforcement. Any allegation of a sexual assault is extremely serious, and the University will not tolerate conduct that threatens the sanctity and safety of our students and our campus. We hold all of our students — especially student athletes — to the highest standards of moral conduct.”
Both are being held on a $10,000 bond according to the Miami-Dade County records.
I mean what would possess these two to throw away their futures. These two 20 year old former linebacks for the Hurricanes intentionally decided to take advantage of a young girl. Smh
