Defendants in Vanderbilt rape case seek mistrial; juror denies withholding information

Published May 03, 2016

Defense attorneys for two former Vanderbilt football players convicted in the dorm-room rape of a student are asking a judge to declare a mistrial, saying a juror intentionally withheld information that he was a rape victim during the jury selection process.

The juror testified Monday during a hearing that he didn't withhold information because he doesn't consider himself a victim.

A Sumner County man was convicted of raping the juror when he was 16. However, the juror testified that his relationship with the man was consensual and that his parents were the ones who pressed charges.

A Nashville jury convicted the former Vanderbilt players in January of multiple counts of aggravated rape and sexual battery for the June 2013 campus assault of an unconscious female student.

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