SEATTLE (AP) — A University of Washington football player has been arrested and charged with raping two women in Seattle, but court documents say at least one of the charges was made known to the school and He appeared in two College Football Playoff games. .
seattle police officer 18-year-old Tylyn “Tybo” Rogers was arrested last Friday. He was then booked into the King County Jail, KING-TV reported. He was charged Tuesday with second-degree rape and third-degree rape, with bail set at $150,000 in both cases, according to court documents.
It wasn't immediately known whether Mr. Rogers, who lives in Bakersfield, Calif., had an attorney who could comment on his behalf. Jail records show he was released on bond. Attempts by The Associated Press to reach him were unsuccessful.
The Washington Athletic Department announced in a statement Tuesday that Rodgers has been suspended from team activities until further notice. The university said in a statement that it will continue to gather facts and cooperate with police upon request.
A Seattle Central Community College student told police she was raped in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood last year. According to court documents, Rogers and the 19-year-old woman met and began exchanging messages in August 2023 after matching on the dating app Tinder. According to the court, Mr Rogers went to her apartment on October 23 and assaulted her. document.
Authorities said in court documents that the woman reported the alleged rape to police on Oct. 28 and completed a sexual assault kit at Harborview Medical Center.
A 22-year-old University of Washington student reported being raped in the university district in November 2023, police said.
According to court documents, the woman met Rogers at a college Halloween party and they later matched on Tinder. Police said the two made plans to spend time together a few weeks later, and that Rodgers assaulted her as soon as she entered the apartment. The woman told police that Rogers “strangled her with one of his hands.”
The second woman reported the alleged rape to the university on Nov. 28, police said. Rogers called her that day to question her about the charges, police said in her court documents.
He was suspended from team activities around late November 2023, according to court documents. The freshman running back was not with the team in its win over Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship Game on Dec. 1.
At the time, offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb said in a press conference that Rodgers was “working through some things and some challenges that he's had off the field.” According to court documents, Rodgers returned to team practice by mid-December.
Multiple emails were also sent within the Washington Athletic Department confirming that Rodgers should be removed from the team's traveling roster for the Pac-12 Championship Game, although the documents did not provide a reason for such action. It is said that there was not. However, a month later, he was cleared to play in two of the Huskies' College Football Playoff games.
Rodgers had five carries for 19 yards in the Huskies' semifinal win over Texas on Jan. 1. Rodgers, 18, had a 2-yard rush in the national championship game against Michigan on Jan. 8.
Washington was coached last season by Karen DeBoer, who resigned after the national championship game to take over at Alabama.
“Due to federal privacy laws and ongoing criminal cases, we are unable to comment specifically on the circumstances surrounding individuals at their former facilities, but we want to make it clear that we take allegations of sexual misconduct very seriously.” I would like to,” DeBoer said. Alabama Athletics said in a statement Thursday. “I have and will continue to follow established organizational policies and procedures to ensure prompt reporting and appropriate handling of complaints by the appropriate authorities.”
When asked about the decision-making process in allowing Rodgers to play in the playoffs, DeBoer referred to his own statement.
“I can't really comment or add anything on that,” he said at a regular news conference scheduled for Thursday.
Jed Fisch is now Washington's coach. After Tuesday's practice, Fisch told local news media that he had not been informed that Rodgers was suspended last year or why.
“That's not what I came here for,” Fish said. “As soon as we learned of the allegations and brought them to our attention, he was suspended indefinitely. No comment on what happened in the past. That doesn't concern me.”
