Huskies’ Rogers charged on 2 rape claims

• Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Personnel WriterApr 9, 2024, 11:17 PM ET

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Tybo Rogers was arrested Friday and charged with 2 circumstances of rape that presumably took place during the 2023 football season, according to King 5 News in Seattle.Rogers was charged with second-and third-degree rape and published bail of$150,000, according to King 5, mentioning court documents.”The University of Washington Intercollegiate Sports Department understands the arrest of a football student-athlete by the Seattle Cops Department, “UW Athletics said in a declaration.”The student-athlete has actually been suspended from all group activities up until additional notification. The UW will continue to collect truths and cooperate with police, as requested. “Rogers was suspended from group activities in November, after the supposed rapes occurred, and he

did not take a trip with the group for the Pac-12 national championship on Dec. 1, King 5 reported. He later appeared in the College Football Playoff semifinal and national championship. “As soon as we found out about any accusations, [we] suspended him indefinitely from the program

,”said UW coach Jedd Fisch, who was hired in January to replace Kalen DeBoer after DeBoer delegated coach at Alabama following the season.As of Tuesday evening, the King County Court online portal did not return any results connected to Rogers’arrest. The Seattle Police Department published on its police blotter blog on Monday that an 18-year-old guy was detained in two rape cases, which lines up with what King 5 reported about Rogers.” The investigation into the suspect begun with the report of a rape in October 2023 in the Capitol Hill area, “according to Seattle cops.”The victim was a 19-year-old female

. An extra rape case from November 2023 in the University District involved the very same suspect. The victim was a 22-year-old female. “Police included:”Investigators established probable cause for both sexual attacks.”A cops spokesperson was not available for comment Tuesday evening.As a freshman in 2023, Rogers rushed 44 times for 184 yards and

had 6 receptions for 72 lawns. He was a three-star hire out of California’s Bakersfield High School in the Class of 2023.