The two have both been convicted a second time. They gang-raped and sodomized her, slapped her, inserted their fingers in her, and sat on her face as she was on the floor in a 32-minute attack. - A former Vanderbilt University football player has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student. Batey apologized for his actions, especially to his family and mother. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Former Vanderbilt football player Brandon Vandenburg has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after being found guilty in Nashville, Tennessee, on five counts of aggravated rape, two counts. -- A former Vanderbilt University football player convicted of raping a fellow student with a teammate said he is sorry for his actions in a tearful interview with "Dr. Phil" McGraw. The most comprehensive coverage of the Vanderbilt Football on the web with highlights, scores, game summaries, schedule and rosters. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Melinda McDowell, spokeswoman for the Metro Nashville Jail, said Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey were released Wednesday. The pair were found guilty of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery. 2. Thank you for subscribing to ENTITY. Vandenburg says in statement, directed at judge Monte Watkins, "I hope you can see I'm truly sorry" @WKRN pic.twitter.com/AQVLZaxvQR. Did you encounter any technical issues? A letter from the victim was read during the sentencing hearing. Discovery Company. One also videoed it and sent the footage to friends as it was happening. The Vanderbilt rape case is a criminal case of sexual assault that occurred on June 23, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee, in which four Vanderbilt University football players carried an unconscious 21-year-old female student into a dorm room, gang-raped and sodomized her, photographed and videotaped her, and one urinated on her face.[1][2][3][4][5]. NASHVILLE (Reuters) - A former Vanderbilt University football player charged in the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student in a university dormitory accepted a plea deal on Monday that. Bystanders do nothing. But the conviction was thrown out five months later after one of the jurors admitted to being a victim of statutory rape, which was not disclosed at trial. She testified in January that she had no memory of the assault until she saw a video of it. 12:01 AM EDT, Sat November 5, 2016. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A former Vanderbilt football player was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison after he was convicted of taking part in the gang rape of an unconscious female student. Earlier, one of the defense attorneys conceded that Vandenburg took "deplorable" photos, but shouldn't be convicted of rape because he didn't take part in it. But that was it. Vandenburg and Batey were accused with two other players of assaulting an unconscious female student in a dorm room in June 2013. The woman testified that Vandenburg plied her with alcohol at a Nashville night spot and the last thing she remembers is waking up alone in a strange dorm room and feeling sick. Back in 2013, a 21 year-old neuroscience major at Vanderbilt University was sexually assaulted by not one, not two, notthree, but four football players while she lay unconscious in a dorm room. Finley was charged with tampering with evidence and after cooperating with authorities, took a deal last year and pleaded guilty to a reduced charge. According to court testimony and video and pictures from the assault, Vandenburg carried the woman into his dorm room after she became unconscious while they were out drinking, according to The Tennessean. Vandenburg and Batey were on trial together, but represented by different attorneys. Vanderbilt University Athletics - Official Athletics Website . Former NFL player Zac Stacy was sentenced to six months in jail in Florida on Monday night, more than a year after video appeared to show him attacking an ex-girlfriend. January 27, 2015 / 6:29 PM Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Batey, a former safety on the team, was arrested at his Nashville home on Friday around 3:30 p.m., taken for a blood test, and then booked into Davidson County Sheriff's Office on a $350,000 bond. Prosecutors have vowed to retry the pair. -- The defense team for Brandon Vandenburg, one of the former Vanderbilt University football players who was convicted this week of raping a female classmate, is now trying to get the verdict thrown out after discovering one of the jurors did not disclose he or she was a sexual assault victim. Vandenburg is currently serving 17 years and Bateys serving 15 years as well. 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Can no onecome up witha more efficient process that considersthe well-being of the victim? Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Make Yahoo Your Homepage Discover something new every day from News, Sports, Finance, Entertainment and more! Vandenburg was also charged with tampering with evidence and unlawful photography. The judge delivered the minimum sentence to Brandon Banks, who was convicted in June of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery. Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey, ex-Vanderbilt football players, have been charged with sexual assault for an incident that occurred in 2013. Please enter valid email address to continue. Vandenburgs sentence is two years shorter than co-defendant Corey Batey, who is now serving time at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail. [22][6], A fifth player, Chris Boyd, pleaded guilty in September 2013 to being an accessory after the fact by encouraging his teammates to keep quiet and destroy evidence of the rape, and was dismissed from the team but not the university for his role in helping cover up the rape. Changing rape culture means changing society, and we can do it, starting now. If this doesnt piss you off, theres probably something wrong with you. 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, Ex-Vanderbilt football player gets probation in dorm gang rape, Ex-Vanderbilt player found guilty of dorm rape gets 15 years, Ex-Vanderbilt football player found guilty of rape, Lawyer argues college football player was bullied into dorm rape, Vanderbilt football gang-rape instigator gets 17 years, Vanderbilt football players in rape case released from jail. Vandenburg remains jailed on $350,000 bond, while three other former players have bonded out of jail. Batey and Brandon Vandenburg were convicted last year, but the verdicts were tossed because a juror did not reveal he was a victim of statutory rape. By David K. Li. Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins handed down the sentence for Cory Batey after the victim in the case said her life has been shattered as a result of the rape. [6][7][1][8][2][9] They took over 40 graphic photos, and took videos of the rape with the cell phones of Vandenburg, Batey, and Banks. Watkins set bond for Batey, a Nashville native, at $350,000. But that verdict was thrown out after it was revealed that one of the jury members was a victim of statutory rape himself, a fact he failed to disclose ahead of the trial. Melinda McDowell,. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The jury found Banks not guilty on five other counts. Vanderbilt University's vice chancellor Beth Fortune said the school was "shocked and saddened by the allegations that such an assault has taken place on our campus and that they include members of our football team. Judge Monte Watkins announced the decision Friday afternoon, and called the case one of the saddest hes ever seen, according to WKRN. Getting to trial. The trial featured graphic video and photographic evidence showing the unconscious female student being violated in the dorm room. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Thesewerent just innocent bystanders who witnessed the various stages of the horrific crime. Vanderbilt Rape Case: Former Football Players Released from Jail After Mistrial They've both been ordered to wear GPS tracking devices at all times. Defense attorneys countered that the teammates were extremely drunk on the night of the alleged assault, and blamed a college culture of binge drinking and promiscuous sex. Please do not use my absence as an excuse for leniency as it in no way diminishes the profound and insidious impact of Mr. Vandenburg on me and my life, the victim wrote, according to her lawyer. Team 3 Spring Schedule Set. But I remember a time in high school Brandon tried to use something, a pill of some sort, Im not sure if it was roofies, but his dad gave it to him and he told him it loosens women up. In closing arguments, prosecutors said the football players believed they were entitled athletes who could "get away with anything.". While Banks's attorney refused to comment on the case and McKenzie's attorney did not return calls for comment, there have been. Watkins on Tuesday declared the mistrial after determining that the jury foreman intentionally withheld information about being a victim of statutory rape. First published on July 15, 2016 / 4:06 PM. First published on January 27, 2015 / 6:29 PM. 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She wept throughout much of her statement as she described how her life and her belief in the fundamental goodness of people were both upended with the discovery of what happened to her. 2015 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Market data provided by Factset. Thanks for contacting us. Brandon Vandenburg, 23, was convicted of multiple counts of aggravated rape and sexual battery three years after the trial began. Two other football players Brandon E. Banks and Jaborian Tip McKenzie are also charged in the attack. [17], In March 2018, after testifying against his three co-defendants and pleading guilty to facilitation of aggravated rape, McKenzie, 23 years old, accepted a plea deal which included 10 years' probation and a lifetime registration as a sex offender, and became the only of the four defendants to not receive any jail time. After Vanderbilt football finished one victory short of a postseason invitation in 2022, the team expects to be bowling at the end of the 2023 season. Brandon Vandenburg [left] and Corey Batey. The two other players have yet to stand trial. One was evena direct enabler. What was the punishment Prioleaureceived? Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Before the decision, Vandenburg read a prepared statement, marking the first time he has spoken publicly about the assault. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. This story has been shared 144,806 times. 2023 Cable News Network. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much Aug. 11, 2013— -- Three of the four former Vanderbilt football players who were indicted for allegedly raping an unconscious 21-year-old student in a dorm room on the Nashville, Tenn., campus have been arrested, authorities said. Jaborian McKenzie, the fourth and last garbage humanstill has yet to be tried and hes pleading not guilty. NASHVILLE, Tenn. Two former Vanderbilt football players who were convicted in January of raping an unconscious fellow student have been released from jail on bond. [10][9] The victim (who is white) told the court that after Batey (who is black) raped her, he urinated on her face while saying she deserved what he was doing to her because of the color of her skin, saying what sources reported was "Thats for 400 years of slavery, you bitch. They were accused with two other players of assaulting an unconscious female student in a dorm room in June 2013. -- A jury convicted two ex-Vanderbilt football players on Tuesday of raping a former student, rejecting claims that they were too drunk to know what they were doing and that a college culture of . NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two former Vanderbilt University football players who were convicted in January of raping an unconscious female student but were then granted a mistrial, have been released. Why isthe justice system designed to take so long when convicting defendants who are clearly guilty? The incident was brought to university officials' attention after they checked the dorm's surveillance recordings regarding an unrelated matter. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Three of the football players have been convicted ( one as recently as June 2017) and one still awaits trial. He told the court that he was an inexperienced drinker who had consumed dozens of alcoholic beverages throughout the course of the day on which the rape occurred. Market data provided by Factset. [citation needed], In July 2016, after being convicted by a Davidson County Criminal Court jury, Batey, 22 years old, received a 15-year prison sentence, the minimum allowed by law for his crimes (while both the victim and prosecutors had asked the judge for the maximum sentence possible of 25 years to be meted out); after he gets out he will be required to be listed on the sex-offender registry for the rest of his life. A jury has found two former members of the Vanderbilt University football team guilty of multiple . The victim said she learned of what happened to her when detectives showed her the graphic images retrieved from the phones. The trial featured graphic video and photographic evidence showing the unconscious female student being violated in the dorm room. / CBS/AP. A jury in Tennessee earlier this year convicted Vandenburg of five counts of aggravated rape, two counts of aggravated sexual battery, and one count of unlawful photography. 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