NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The alleged victim of rape by Vanderbilt University football players testified during their trial Thursday that she has no recollection of being sexually assaulted.
The woman was a 21-year-old student majoring in neuroscience and economics at the school in June 2013 and had recently begun seeing football player Brandon Vandenburg when the alleged assault occurred.
Vandenburg and another Vanderbilt football player, Cory Batey, are standing trial on five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. In addition, Vandenburg faces one count of unlawful photography and one count of tampering with evidence.
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The woman testified that she had never met Batey, McKenzie or Banks before.
Jurors will have to decide whether Vandenburg can be held responsible for rape even if they find he did not have sex with the woman during the alleged attack.
Defense attorneys for the players have said that evidence at the trial will show that Batey and Vandenberg are innocent and were extremely drunk at the time. Batey’s lawyer has said that his client was changed by a culture of binge drinking and sex at Vanderbilt.
