COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Former Ohio State football players Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint were indicted by a grand jury Friday on two charges of rape and one charge of kidnapping, according to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien.
Riep and Wint, both 21, faced a maximum consecutive term of 33 years in prison and registration as sex offenders if convicted of the three charges — all felonies. Riep and Wint are scheduled to be arraigned on March 6 at 1:30 p.m. in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.
Both men were originally scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Friday, but the cases were bound to a grant jury on Tuesday.
Per O’Brien’s press release, the woman who filed the complaint against both Wint and Riep said she visited their apartment on Feb. 4 to watch a movie. According to a Columbus Police Department affidavit of probable cause, the woman said she began having consensual sex with Riep.
The woman told police she stopped the intercourse and moved away, saying she did not want to continue. Wint entered the room, and Riep grabbed the woman by the neck, forced her onto her hands and knees and raped her, according to the affidavit.
According to the complaint, Riep then held the woman in place by the hips and with his body while Wint forced oral sex on her. Riep then told the woman to give her name on a video recording and say the actions were consensual.
Riep’s attorney, Karl H. Schneider, said he has seen the video clip in question but declined to comment on its contents. He said he believes Columbus police are in possession of the recording device.
Ohio State coach Ryan Day dismissed both players from the team last Wednesday.
“I am not making any statement on the criminal charges, but it is clear they did not live up to our standards and my expectations," Day said in a news release.
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