Sex assault case against Conn. lacrosse players is dropped
Associated Press
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. � Prosecutors have dropped their case against three Sacred Heart University lacrosse players accused of conspiring to sexually assault a woman in a Connecticut dorm room.
A judge dismissed charges Wednesday against 18-year-old Nicholas Travers of Smithtown, N.Y. Prosecutors say they also won�t pursue charges against 18-year-old Zachari Triner, 18, of Mansfield, Mass., and 19-year-old Timothy Sanders of Ashburn, Va.
Sanders� attorney Wayne Keeney says an investigation showed that Travers was not in the room at the time and that the other two didn�t commit a crime.
All three were charged in November with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault. Sanders also was charged with first-degree unlawful restraint.