University of Illinois basketball standout Terrence Shannon Jr. appears in court during his trial, Wednesday, June 12, 2024, in Lawrence, Kan. Shannon, of Champaign, Ill., is accused of committing sexual assault on Sept. 9, 2023, in Lawrence, Kan.
After less than two hours of jury deliberation, Shannon Jr. was acquitted of all charges stemming from rape allegations in September of last year according to theShannon Jr. testified in court Thursday and stated that he had never seen the woman who had accused him of sexual assault until proceedings in the case were well underway.
One of Shannon Jr’s attorneys, Tricia Bath, presented a photo of the bar room where a then 18-year-old woman had accused Shannon Jr. of waving her over to him, pulling her through the crowd, grabbing her buttocks and sexually assaulting her under her skirt. Bath then asked if he would ever do something “stupid” like that, especially with the goal of reaching the NBA, Shannon Jr. again said no and that it would “kill his dreams.”
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