Austin Scott’s Preliminary Hearing on Rape Charges
October 17, 2007 by Allison Boyer
Filed under Football
Today was Austin Scott’s preliminary hearing for the alleged rape incident that occurred at the beginning of the month. He pleaded not guilty to the charges, which also included several misdemeanor charges regarding sexual assault.
The defense did drop the 2 felony aggravated indecent assault charges against the suspended Penn State tail back, citing lack of evidence for the reason these charges were dropped.
Scott and his accuser have similar stories regarding the early morning hours of October 5. Both say that they had met once before, and developed a text-message friendship before deciding to meeting at a bar. She went back …read more
