Saturday, April 25, 2015

Gang-Rape, This Time; Third Black University of Tennessee Vols’ Football Player Either Charged with, or Suspected of Rape; Is This What the New York Times Means by “Campus Rape Culture”?

 
That's gang-rape suspect Von Pearson on the left; the colorless, unidentified man on the right is not a rape suspect
 

A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams' early 2015 mug shots
 


[Previously, at WEJB/NSU:

“Two Black University of Tennessee Football Stars Plead Not Guilty to Aggravated Rape Against Raceless Coed, Trial Set for August 24.”]
 

By David in TN

University of Tennessee wide receiver Von Pearson has been named as a suspect in a gang-rape.

This makes three Tennessee footballers either charged or suspected of rape. Is this part of the NY Times’ “rape
Culture”?

N.S.: Note how careful WBIR is about referring to the vic as "the alleged victim." Even after Jackie Coakley had been exposed as the UVA rape hoaxer for accusing non-existent white men of gang-raping her, MSM "reporters" continued referring to her as the "victim," when the real victims were the men of the fraternity she'd defamed, Phi Kappa Psi.
 

UT wide receiver Von Pearson has been suspended from all team activities while police investigate a rape allegation. The female said the attack occurred at an off-campus apartment. April 24, 2015 WBIR
Vols wide receiver suspended amid rape investigation
11:23 p.m. EDT April 24, 2015
WBIR

(WBIR) - University of Tennessee wide receiver Von Pearson been suspended indefinitely from all team activities amid a rape investigation, according to UT athletic officials.

Pearson, 23, was identified early Friday as a rape suspect, according to Knoxville Police Department Deputy Chief Gary Holliday.
Pearson has not been charged. The announcement comes one day before UT's annual Orange and White Game at Neyland Stadium.

The rape is alleged to have occurred between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. at University Walk Apartments, 2308 Forest Ave., according to a KPD report. A UTPD report notes alcohol was involved and was "group/gang involved."

The Tennessean reports that University of Tennessee police were first to respond, speaking with the alleged victim at UT's Hodges Library, according to a University of Tennessee Police report.

At the library, the alleged victim indicated that a sexual assault had occurred off campus. She was transferred to University of Tennessee Medical Center for evaluation. The case was then turned over to Knoxville police.

KPD was notified about 6 a.m., with a KPD investigator responding to the hospital.

"During the initial investigation, KPD investigators took statements from the victim, several witnesses, and alerted the Sexual Assault Center. This investigation is in the early stages and is ongoing," according to Holliday.

Six people are listed as witnesses in an incident report including two UT football players.

Pearson is a senior from Newport News, Va. He transferred from Feather River College in Quincy, Calif.

According to the University of Tennessee Athletic Department, in his first year with the Vols last fall Pearson played in 11 games, starting in eight of them. He made 38 catches for 393 yards.

A former Vol and suspended Vol are awaiting prosecution for an alleged rape.

Former Vols A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams are charged in Knox County Criminal Court on a four-count rape indictment for an incident alleged to have happened at Johnson's South Knoxville apartment.

1 comment:

David In TN said...

I believe the "colorless, unidentified man" on Pearson's left is his head coach, Butch Jones. They seem to be celebrating Pearson's arrival at the University of Tennessee.