Regardless of the College of Illinois dropping its investigation, former star guard Terrence Shannon Jr. has been ordered to face trial on a rape cost in Kansas.
Shannon was suspended from the basketball staff in December when he was initially charged, stemming from an alleged incident in September.
He was reinstated in January after lacking six video games after a federal choose granted his movement for a brief restraining order in opposition to the college.
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Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. reacts after hitting a basket and being fouled through the second-round NCAA Event sport in opposition to Duquesne on the CHI Well being Heart Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, on March 23 in (AP Picture/Charlie Neibergall)
A Kansas choose on Friday dominated, although, that there was possible trigger for a trial.
“Our authorized staff is neither shocked nor disenchanted by the result of this occasion,” Mark Sutter, one among Shannon’s attorneys mentioned in a press release, through ESPN. “A preliminary listening to is a procedural course of that merely speaks to the edge of proof and whether or not a query of reality could exist for a jury. It has nothing to do with guilt or innocence. These points will probably be determined at trial, and we proceed to look ahead to our day in courtroom.”
Prosecutors in Douglas County charged Shannon on Dec. 5 with rape or an alternate rely of sexual battery. The grievance says the accuser was born in 2005.
The alleged sufferer advised police Shannon pulled her towards him, put his fingers below her skirt and touched her sexually. She mentioned the bar was so crowded she could not “do something,” an affidavit mentioned.
Illinois Combating Illini guard Terrence Shannon Jr. brings the ball up courtroom through the sport in opposition to the Tennessee Volunteers at Meals Metropolis Heart in Knoxville, Tennessee, on Dec. 9, 2023. (Bryan Lynn/Icon Sportswire through Getty Pictures)
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Shannon on Friday pleaded not responsible and testified that he by no means touched the lady.
As a fifth-year scholar this previous season, Shannon led the Illini in scoring (23.0 factors per sport) and helped them attain the Elite Eight of the NCAA Event earlier than shedding to eventual champion UConn.
Shannon transferred to Illinois from Texas Tech previous to the beginning of the 2021-22 season.
Terrence Shannon Jr. of the Illinois Combating Illini handles the ball through the sport in opposition to the Maryland Terrapins at Xfinity Heart in Faculty Park, Maryland, on Dec. 2, 2022. (G Fiume/Getty Pictures)
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Shannon was projected to be a first-round choose previous to the authorized case. The trial is ready to start June 10, roughly two weeks earlier than this 12 months’s NBA Draft.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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