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Ga. Tech Football Player Accused Of Rape

Lawyer: Sex Was Consensual

POSTED: 3:25 pm EDT June 30, 2008
UPDATED: 8:50 am EDT July 1, 2008

A Georgia Tech football player is out of jail on bond after being arrested on rape charges.

On April 25, a woman went to DeKalb County police and told them that Jerrard Tarrant raped her in the undergraduate living center, police said.

"The activity was consensual. The circumstances are such the surrounding facts will show no sexual activity took place against the will of the female," said Tarrant attorney Ed Garland in a statement released Monday.

It took police two months to complete the investigation. Police said they were waiting for lab results.

"These charges filed against Jerrard are something that we take very seriously. He has been suspended from the team indefinitely, pending the outcome of the legal proceedings," head coach Paul Johnson said in a statement Monday.

Tarrant, a freshman, has not played for the Yellow Jackets yet.

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