NJ Cops Probe Rape Claim at Jets' Home
Updated 5:30 PM EST, Mon, May 25, 2009
New Jersey police are investigating a woman's claim that she was raped by two men at the home of Jets safety Kerry Rhodes.
The woman, a Canadian tourist, said she met Rhodes and another man at a Manhattan nightclub before being taken to a home in Morristown, N.J., where Rhodes owns a town house, according to authorities quoted in Monday's New York Post.
Rhodes, in a statement released through a Jets spokesman, said he was not one of the accused.
"I briefly talked with police on Saturday regarding an incident that allegedly took place at my home," Rhodes said in a statement. "The police confirmed to me that I am not the subject of this allegation."
Morristown Police Lt. David Ackerman told the Post the investigation is ongoing but declined further comment.
A spokesman for the Jets said the organization was "gathering information," according to the Post. Rhodes, who was drafted out of Louisville in 2005, signed a $33 million, five-year contract extension with the Jets last year.
Local prosecutors released a statement to address false media reports stating that Rhodes was the target of the investigation.
"Information which is being reported through the media that Mr. Rhodes is the subject of a rape investigation is factually untrue and wholly inaccurate and has the capacity to unfairly damage the reputation of Mr. Rhodes," Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said.
Copyright Associated Press
First Published: May 25, 2009 11:10 AM EST
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