Former Louisville Cardinals guard Chris Jones has been charged with raping one woman and sodomizing another and a warrant has been issued for his arrest, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported Thursday morning. According to the Courier-Journal, one of Jones’ alleged victims was a 19-year-old woman and the other was 20.
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Jones had been suspended by Louisville coach Rick Pitino on Feb. 17 before the team’s game at Syracuse. At that time, Jones was cited in a report by the university police for sending a threatening text to a former girlfriend.
That woman, who decided against prosecuting Jones, was not one of Jones’ alleged victims.
Jones was reinstated by Pitino and played in the Cardinals’ win over Miami on Saturday. The alleged sexual assaults took place Saturday night, according to the report, and one of Jones’ alleged victims, who was hospitalized on Sunday, identified him as the suspect.
On Sunday, the university announced without further explanation that Jones was dismissed from the team. From all reports, it sounds as if coach Pitino actually had no idea about the incident when he decided to dismiss Jones permanently from the team.
His absence on the court will no doubt hurt Louisville as he was a Senior, trusted with handling pressure and was averaging 13.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.6 assists, but the only people we need to be worried about at the moment are the alleged victims.
Jones turned himself in on an arrest warrant and has pleaded not guilty.
