Thursday, March 30, 2000McCleskey not guilty in rape
University of Cincinnati football player DeMarco McCleskey was cleared of rape charges Wednesday in a trial in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
McCleskey, 20, had faced two counts of rape and one count of aggravated burglary. The charges carried a maximum possible sentence of 30 years in prison.
McCleskey, UC's top running back in 1998, denied all the charges. He was suspended from the team last May after charges were filed.
Police have said he entered a woman's room May 9 through an unlocked door. The 19-year-old woman filed a report with university police accusing McCleskey of attacking her between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m. in Calhoun Hall.
McCleskey chose a trial without a jury, and visiting Judge Richard Cole found him not guilty.
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