Huskies’ Rogers charged on two rape allegations
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Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff Writer
Washington running back Tybo Rogers was arrested Friday and charged with two instances of rape that allegedly took place during the 2023 football season, according to charging documents obtained by ESPN.
Rogers was charged with second- and third-degree rape and posted bail of $150,000, according to Seattle police. He will be arraigned on April 18.
“The University of Washington Intercollegiate Athletics Department is aware of the arrest of a football student-athlete by the Seattle Police Department,” UW Athletics said in a statement. “The student-athlete has been suspended from all team activities until further notice. The UW will continue to gather facts and cooperate with law enforcement, as requested.”
Rogers was suspended from team activities near the end of November and did not travel with the team for the Pac-12 championship game on Dec. 1, according to a certification for determination of probable cause document, written by a Seattle police detective. He later appeared in the College Football Playoff semifinal and championship games.
According to the document, one of the women, a University of Washington student, reported her assault to the university’s Title IX office on Nov. 28. It also says there were “multiple emails sent within the University of Washington Athletic Department confirming Rogers should be taken off the travel roster for the Pac-12 Championship game.”
None of the emails, according to the detective’s report, contained information for why Rogers should not travel to the game.
There were also text messages referencing Rogers and questions being asked about what was going on with him by different people including Rogers’ father,” the detective wrote.
The detective concluded, based on the proximity to when the Title IX report was filed, that his suspension was related to the allegation.
Then-Washington athletic director Troy Dannen, who left for Nebraska last month, declined comment through a spokesperson.
“As soon as we found out about any allegations, [we] suspended him indefinitely from the program,” said UW coach Jedd Fisch, who was hired in January to replace Kalen DeBoer after DeBoer left to coach at Alabama following the season.
The first alleged rape happened in late October. Rogers met the woman, a student at Seattle Central Community College, on the dating app Tinder, according to police. The assault took place inside her apartment, after which she immediately reported it to her mother, who took her to a local hospital for a SANE exam (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner). She reported it to law enforcement on Oct. 28.
Rogers met the second woman, the UW student, at a Halloween party before connecting on Tinder a short time later. After she invited Rogers to her apartment, she told police, he was almost immediately forceful with her. After the sexual assault, the woman told police she experienced redness and soreness on multiple places on her body.
On Nov. 28, after the second woman reported her assault to UW’s Title IX office, police said Rogers called her asking her “why she was accusing him of all of this.” The woman has since felt the need to drop out of school and move back with her parents to support her medically and emotionally, according to police.
As a freshman in 2023, Rogers rushed 44 times for 184 yards and had six receptions for 72 yards. He was a three-star recruit out of California’s Bakersfield High School in the Class of 2023.
Tyler Johnson has announced his retirement after playing 13 NHL seasons and winning the Stanley Cup twice with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Johnson called it a career in a lengthy message posted on social media Monday. Johnson had battled injuries in recent years and is set to turn 35 on July 29.
“As a short kid from a small town, I saw my chances of playing in the NHL as very slim,” Johnson wrote on Instagram. “But my family — my parents, Ken and Debbie, and my grandparents — believed in me when doubt clouded my mind. Their unwavering faith turned that dream into reality.”
Listed at 5-foot-8 and 191 pounds, Johnson won at just about ever level, capturing the Western Hockey League and Memorial Cup championships in 2008 with his hometown Spokane Chiefs and the Calder Cup championship with Norfolk of the American Hockey League in 2012.
The NHL brought more success, as he skated in 863 regular-season and playoff games since debuting in the league in 2013, putting up 498 points. Johnson was part of the Lightning’s core when they reached the final in 2015 and helped them hoist the Cup back to back in 2020 and ’21.
Johnson finished with Chicago, playing three seasons with the Blackhawks, and Boston, signing with the Bruins early last season following his training camp tryout.
“After a lifetime devoted to hockey, I’m ready for what’s next,” Johnson said. “This moment is bittersweet, but I leave the game with no regrets.”
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Mammoth re-signed center Jack McBain to a five-year contract worth $21.25 million on Monday.
McBain will count $4.25 million against the salary cap through the 2029-30 NHL season, which was announced a little more than 24 hours since the team elected salary arbitration with the restricted free agent forward.
“He is a big, strong, physical player who competes hard on a nightly basis and brings a gritty toughness to our group,” general manager Bill Armstrong said. “Jack is an important part of the championship-caliber team we are building, and we look forward to having him back on our roster for the foreseeable future.”
McBain, 25, is coming off setting a career high with 27 points and playing all 82 games. He was one of six players to skate in every game of the organization’s first season in Salt Lake City.
“Jack’s versatility as a player, his care for his teammates and his demonstrated willingness to do whatever it takes to win, are all critical elements to our future team success,” president of hockey operations Chris Armstrong said.
McBain has 82 points in 241 games with the franchise, which moved to Utah from Arizona. Since debuting in April 2022, he ranks third in the league with 832 hits.
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