How is this disgusting? It seems that the recruit made a huge mistake with the sexual assault when he was younger and he has since changed his ways. I don’t think that mistake should be held over his head for the rest of his life.

It’s amazing how this heinous crime is being called a ‘mistake’. At 13, getting caught smoking or maybe shoplifting could be considered a ’mistake. Even if he and the girl were caught messing around a little maybe.

But sexual assault with duct tape and a foreign object- a 13 year old mistake? Sounds like a psychopath to me. I’m not taking that kind of chance.

13 years old…If you can do something like this at 13, just think what he can do now?!?!!? Like others have said, this isn’t shop lifting or smoking. This is rape..This is a crime that is totally psychological… IMO the juvenile rule doesn’t apply here.

Now, Im a staunch Christian, in fact im a youth pastor and I certainly believe in forgiveness. The fact that this kid isn’t locked away in a insane asylum or worse, shows me that forgiveness has been given. But just because you are “forgiven” doesn’t mean you can go about your business as usual. There are consequences to actions and to me, allowing this kid to go to college and play football ON SCHOLARSHIP isn’t punishing him. Correct me if Im wrong but aren’t you ineligible for college admission if you are convicted of a felony in HS?Honestly though, Im not sure what the legal process was and I really don’t care. This is a sick person.

This is greater than a heinous crime. To me, rapist are the scum of the earth…lower than the dirt, that’s stuck to dung, which is stuck to the bottom of my shoe. Call it the father of a young girl in me but I say castrate him…in public…kidnap…Duct tape over 70% of her body…a foreign object used in the rape…it was his relative…Again this goes MUCH deeper than whats on the surface…This kid has major problems…

You can have him UT, he should fit in well and I hope to God he doesn’t do this to some girl while he is there…

Kiffin..i have lost the last bit of respect that i never had for you…

good day sir!

should have been allowed to shoot both of the guys once they’d been convicted…

that this is something that you don’t just say, “you know…that was wrong and I’m sorry. I’m going to be a good person from now on.” There’s something inherently wrong with this guy. And even if the cousin forgave him and vouched for him, you can’t tell me that that girl is not going to be altered or be a different person because of what happened to her. She may never (or for a long time) be able to be intimate with other people and probably will have psychological issues.

that’s just how most sex is in tennesse

. . . .11 scholarship players have left the Vol football team since Lame became head coach. 4 since their Spring game.

It’s known that I don’t dig Coach Kiffin. Not one bit. And it’s also true I hope he gets his arse handed to him this year by all those that he’s wronged. Practically each and every SEC team out there.

But. . .gotta respect the hell out him for taking on this kid. I hope it all turns out for the best: for the Vol program and this kid’s life.

To be honest? This is the very first “almost-altruistic” thing I think I’ve ever heard Lame do. And I’ve known this guy (or about him) for practically 9 years.

you might want to read this first….

The victim testified that she tried to “fight them off” but was
unsuccessful. She stated that the defendant and Sanico held her face down on the couch and, using
duct tape, tied her wrists together behind her back.
The defendant and Sanico then carried the victim to the defendant’s bedroom. She was
placed face down on one of the beds in the room. The victim testified that both the defendant and
Sanico continued to laugh. She stated that she began to kick them, and that, in response to this
kicking, “somebodygrabbed [her] legs and held them together.” Either the defendant or Sanico then
placed a strip of duct tape across the victim’s eyes. A piece of tape was next placed over her mouth.
The victim testified that she could no longer see or speak. Her ankles were then taped together. The victim stated that she felt two hands holding her ankles together while the other individual applied
the tape to her ankles.
The victim was then turned over onto her back. Her shirt and bra were pulled up, exposing
her breasts. The majority of her upper body was then covered with duct tape. Next, the victim’s
shorts and underwear were pulled down. Tape was placed over her lower body, including her
vaginal area. The victim stated that she was nervous, and that the defendant and Sanico were still
laughing.
The victim next testified to hearing Sanico tell the defendant to get a toilet plunger and
cellophane. The defendant retrieved a plunger from the bathroom connected to his bedroom. The
victim then heard the door to the defendant’s bedroom open and shut. At this point, either the
defendant or Sanico exited the bedroom and retrieved the cellophane from the kitchen. The duct tape
that was tying her ankles together was then removed. The victim testified that she began to kick.
In the struggle, she was flipped back onto her stomach, face down. She testified that the defendant
and Sanico restrained her legs. Her legs were then pulled apart, and each ankle was taped to the side
of the bed frame.
Collins, who had finished taking her shower by this time, knocked on the door to the
defendant’s bedroom. According to the victim, some sort of cover or blanket was thrown over her
body. The defendant opened the door. Collins asked the defendant for the password to the computer
in the kitchen/living room area. The defendant told Collins the password and closed the door.
Collins testified that she did not see the victim at that time.
The cover or blanket was then taken off of the victim. Sanico inserted the handle of the
plunger, which had been wrapped in the cellophane, inside the victim’s vagina. Sanico asked the
defendant if he wanted to do it himself. The defendant answered, “No, man, that’s my cousin.”
After the plunger was taken out of the victim’s vagina, a liquid was poured onto her body.
According to the victim’s testimony, the defendant and Sanico stated that the liquid was Sanico’s
urine. Later testimony would suggest that the liquid was actually Kool Aid.
The defendant later cut the tape from the victim’s wrists. The victim immediately removed
the tape from her eyes and mouth. The victim next cut the tape that was restraining her ankles to the
bed. She testified that the defendant and Sanico began watching television as if nothing had
occurred. The victim walked out of the defendant’s bedroom with 70% of her body covered in duct
tape. She encountered Collins and asked Collins to retrieve her clothes from the defendant’s
bedroom. The victim then called a friend and asked the friend to pick her up. The friend arrived
about five minutes later and took her to the hospital.

This is a sick and twisted kid….great job Kiffin…you just put every young girl at UT in harms way…

And to reconsider my thoughts from my first post on this matter, after a week of thinking of this subject and reading the full story (which I didn’t the first time, just saw rape and made my judgement) I reconsider that this guy probably shouldn’t be playing sports at a major university.