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Louisville Football Player Was Accused of Rape Just Days Before Appearing in Game

Louisville football player Kemari Averett was accused of rape just days before he appeared in the a game for the Cardinals vs. Boston College.

According the Courier-Journal:

University of Louisville police are investigating an Oct. 9 report filed by a 20-year-old student that alleges Cardinals’ football player Kemari Averett raped her at his apartment in mid-August, according to documents obtained by the Courier Journal.

It means that Averett was already under investigation in the alleged sexual assault, which the woman first reported in mid-August, when he was arrested Oct. 15 for allegedly holding a gun to a different woman’s head.