One of the top guards on the Louisville basketball team, Chris Jones is in a lot of trouble for alleged sex crimes committed last week.
Former Louisville Cardinals basketball G Chris Jones has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sodomy stemming from incidents that allegedly took place last week.
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According to the Louisville Courier-Journal, Jones was charged with raping one woman and sodomizing another. According to Sports Illustrated, Jones is accused of forcing one alleged victim to engage in vaginal and anal intercourse. The woman was able to identify Jones because she recognized him as a University of Louisville basketball player and said that Jones told her his name. Two others, Tyvon Walker and Jalen Tilford, were arrested and charged in the incident
During the 2014-2015 season, Jones led the Cardinals in points scored four times and led the team in assists 14 times.
Jones was previously suspended from the Louisville basketball program on February 17, but returned to the team two days later and scored 17 points in the Cardinals’ 55-53 victory over the Miami Hurricanes.
But Jones was dismissed from Louisville’s basketball program on February 22. At the time there was no reason was given for his dismissal, but the school Louisville said in a statement this past Thursday that Jones had been dismissed when it learned that he had “violated a curfew and there were other accusations, without knowing specifics.”
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