A grand jury in Kentucky has declined to indict a University of Kentucky football player who was suspended from the team last fall after being charged with rape.
Lloyd Tubman, a freshman defensive end, had been arrested and charged in October and pleaded not guilty. The Fayette County commonwealth’s attorney, Ray Larson, said on Wednesday that the grand jury had decided not to return an indictment. He added that Mr. Tubman would face no more charges from the local prosecutor’s office.
The grand jury heard all the evidence in the case during closed proceedings over three days in Fayette Circuit Court, including testimony from investigators, the alleged victim and Tubman, Larson said, before deliberating and deciding not to return an indictment."They listened to all the evidence and based on what they heard and saw, for whatever reason they chose, they chose not to return the indictment,” Larson said.He added: “The case that we have is now disposed of by no indictment.”
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