Kansas dismisses Morris after felony rape charge

• Myron Medcalf, ESPN

  • Staff WriterSep 29, 2023, 11:54 AM ET Close Covers college basketball
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  • Graduate of Minnesota State University, Mankato

Arterio Morris has actually been dismissed from the Kansas men’s basketball team after he was apprehended and charged with rape, Expense Self announced Friday.Per files acquired by ESPN, Morris was arrested Friday by the Douglas County Constable’s Workplace on a charge of “rape; circumstances unknown, “which is a felony.” When we found out of claims relating to Arterio Morris, he was suspended from the Kansas males’s basketball program, “Self said in a statement.”We are now aware he has actually been apprehended and charged, and he was dismissed from the program. As this is a continuous legal matter, we are unable to comment further at this time.”The bond for Morris was set at $75,000 when he was reserved into Douglas County prison. Per prison records, Morris was no longer in custody since 11:45 a.m. ET on Friday.Editor’s Picks 1 Related Morris, a transfer from Texas, was with the Longhorns as they made a run to the Elite Eight last season prior to he transferred to

Kansas this offseason. The school suspended him in mid-September after he ‘d been the subject of a sexual attack investigation at McCarthy Hall, where KU basketball players survive on school. Although he wasn’t discussed in the event report, The Kansas City Star reported that he was the subject of the investigation.Last month, an 18-year-old woman from Missouri reported a supposed rape in the males’s basketball dormitory, per cops documents.Three other players– Johnny Furphy, Elmarko Jackson and Nick Timberlake– were discussed in the event report as witnesses and “other,” respectively, however a source informed the Star they were not”remotely”involved.Morris’

suspension this month occurred hours after he had entered a plea offer that canceled an October trial that had been set for a misdemeanor assault charge against him. Last summer, Morris was jailed when an ex-girlfriend accused him of attacking her after they had actually separated prior to the start of last season.Earlier this month, Chris Gaston, Morris’representative, informed ESPN that Morris would speak “when the time is right.”