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The Kansas males’s basketball program has suspended Arterio Morris amid an investigation right into a rape accusation that was reported to the college’s police division, in line with Shreyas Laddha of the Kansas Metropolis Star.
A Kansas athletics official informed Laddha that whereas Morris was not named within the incident report, he “has been suspended from this system and we have now no additional remark.”
The alleged incident occurred on Aug. 26 at Kansas’ McCarthy Corridor, which homes the boys’s basketball gamers, amongst different male residents, and was reported the subsequent day, in line with the incident report.
Morris has not been arrested and a warrant hasn’t been issued for his arrest.
“Right now, this case has not been introduced to our workplace for charging consideration,” the Douglas County District Lawyer’s workplace informed Laddha.
Jayhawks males’s basketball gamers Johnny Furphy and Elmarko Jackson had been listed on the incident report as witnesses and Nick Timberlake is listed below “different.” Not one of the gamers listed had been concerned within the alleged incident and aren’t below investigation, in line with Laddha.
Morris transferred to Kansas this yr after one season at Texas.
Throughout his time at Texas, Morris obtained a misdemeanor assault cost for an alleged confrontation with an ex-girlfriend in June 2022. He was not suspended from the Texas males’s basketball program and performed all the yr, averaging 4.6 factors and 1.4 rebounds in 38 video games whereas taking pictures 41.1 % from the ground and 33.3 % from deep.
Kansas males’s basketball head coach Invoice Self launched a statement concerning the incident when he introduced the switch of Morris in Could:
“We’re conscious of the cost that Arterio is dealing with within the State of Texas. Along with working with our athletic division and campus directors, we have now additionally spoken at size with Arterio, his household, his former establishment’s College Pupil Affairs workplace and his former establishment’s Division of Athletics Compliance and Administration.
“Primarily based on these discussions, we’re comfy welcoming Arterio to the College of Kansas and he’s effectively conscious of the excessive requirements and expectations that include being a member of the Kansas Males’s Basketball program. We totally anticipate him to fulfill these each day.”
The sufferer of the June 2022 incident filed an affidavit of non-prosecution in June of this yr, requesting that costs be dismissed, however Denton County District Lawyer’s Workplace stated it could proceed to pursue costs.
