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University of Utah student-athlete charged with rape
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SALT LAKE CITY — An arrest warrant has been issued for a student-athlete on the College of Utah who allegedly saved an inventory of the ladies he had intercourse with, and who police say fled the nation after he discovered he was the topic of a rape investigation.
Benjamin Dennis Kai Smyth, 18, of Saanichton, British Columbia, was charged Monday in third District Courtroom with rape and forcible sodomy, first-degree felonies; and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.
Smyth was a member of the U.’s diving crew and was on scholarship on the time of the assault, in accordance with charging paperwork.
In August, a girl was within the widespread space of her dorm when a bunch of males, together with Smyth, walked by. Police say Smyth and the lady exchanged numbers and, a short while later, he contacted her.
Smyth went to the lady’s dorm room and compelled her to have interaction in sexual exercise and finally raped her, regardless of the lady’s makes an attempt to push him away and telling him ‘No,’ the fees state.
When questioned by College of Utah police, Smyth initially denied even understanding the lady, then admitted he had “intercourse together with her when he first met her,” in accordance with the fees.
He allegedly additionally informed police that “he has had intercourse with many ladies for his or her first time” and offered officers with the names of two individuals who may converse to his character. The primary particular person police spoke to, nonetheless, said that Smyth “all the time brags concerning the variety of girls he has intercourse with” and that he “retains an inventory of ladies he has intercourse with and shares the record with folks to point out off and ‘feed his ego,’” the fees allege.
A second character witness informed police that he knew concerning the record and mentioned Smyth was conceited when speaking concerning the variety of girls he has had intercourse with, in accordance with the fees.
A number of days after interviewing Smyth, an officer tried to serve him with a brief protecting order. However when police went to Smyth’s dorm room and talked to his roommate, they had been informed that Smyth had “cleaned out all his belongings and moved out. Days later, (the officer) acquired a name from a personal investigator who said that Smyth, who’s a Canadian citizen, returned to Canada after studying that he was being investigated for the rape,” the fees state.
Prosecutors say the totality of the proof and circumstances “demonstrates Smyth is sexually motivated so as to add to his ‘record.’” They’ve requested Smyth be held with out the opportunity of posting bail as soon as he’s taken into custody, noting that “(the lady’s) account of the occasions was considerably corroborated by Smyth, aside from the ingredient of consent. Smyth’s account of what occurred that evening solely got here after he first denied understanding (the lady) or assembly her. Furthermore, after studying of the allegations in opposition to him, Smyth left college and returned to Canada.”