Former Ohio State cornerback Gareon Conley, a previously projected first-round pick in Thursday night's NFL Draft, stands accused of raping a woman in a downtown Cleveland hotel on April 9.
Though Cleveland police concede Conley is a suspect, they have yet to charge him anything connected to the alleged incident. Conley's lawyer calls the charges "ludicrous and ridiculous."
Former Silver Bullet teammate Marshon Lattimore, himself a projected top draft pick, defended Conley during an NFL Play 60 event at the Shriners Hospitals for Children on Wednesday afternoon.
From usatoday.com:
“Anybody who is getting accused of something is not going to be OK,” Lattimore told reporters Wednesday morning at a Play 60 event at the Shriners Hospitals for Children. “But he says he’s innocent and I feel like he’s innocent. Just knowing that, that you’re innocent but you still have to go through it – he’s losing millions of dollars right now.
“It’s not about the money, it’s about his character. But still, he worked hard his whole life to get to this point and to have it taken away that easy over an accusation. It’s hard for me, because that’s like my brother, so I’m feeling the same thing as he’s feeling. Not as (bad), you know, because it’s him.”
According to Dave Briggs of The Toledo Blade, Lattimore added his lawyer told him to delete Tweets issued Tuesday in support of Conley, a request with which he complied.
