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USC QB Mark Sanchez arrested for sexual assault (split and merged)

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CleveBucks said:
If Sanchez is academically ineligible for the all and Booty is still injured, who else does USC have at QB?
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Not sure, but didnt' they used to have about 8? I remember when Sanchez was deciding between there and here people were breaking down the USC QB situation (YOu know the argument, USC has 8 QBs ahead of him in the system, OSU only has TS, kind of thing), and there were a bunch there - at least 6.
 
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More Concerning Cushing than Sanchez

This is the cleanest report concerning Cushing in the recent Sanchez arrrest. Cushing initially detained, then released.
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</td></tr><tr><td class="articleTitle">Sanchez arrested on rape charge</td></tr><tr><td class="articleSubTitle">
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</td></tr><tr><td class="articleBody">USC quarterback Mark Sanchez was arrested for sexual assault on Wednesday afternoon involving an alleged incident with a freshman female student. Sanchez, 19, was arrested at the Cardinal Gardens apartment complex, across the street from the USC campus. He remained at Parker Center in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night. According to the Associated Press, bail was set at $200,000.
Police took DNA and hair samples from Sanchez, according to sources. Witnesses said Sanchez went to an off-campus bar Tuesday night and was dropped off around 1:30 a.m. at Cardinal Gardens, where he met the alleged victim, who also lives in the complex.
Witnesses also said Sanchez appeared to be drunk. Sanchez's roommate, linebacker Brian Cushing, was initially arrested by police but later released. Sources said Cushing was asleep when the alleged incident occurred.
"The investigation is in the preliminary stages," said Los Angeles police officer April Harding. USC placed Sanchez on "interim suspension" following his arrest, although officials were unsure if that meant he would take final exams, which begin next week.
USC coach Pete Carroll was in San Diego recruiting when he was told about the arrest and released a statement.
"We're just learning about this," Carroll said. "We'll cooperate fully and do whatever we can to assist. At this point, this is being handled by the university's student affairs office and we'll follow along with whatever action the university takes."
Ironically, Sanchez attended a workshop Tuesday night at Heritage Hall for athletes on rape awareness.This is the third incident in the past two years involving a USC football player. Tailback Hershel Dennis was the subject of a sexual-assault investigation in 2004 but never charged. Cornerback Eric Wright was charged with sexual assault last year but the district attorney's office dropped the charges.
All of the incidents took place at Cardinal Gardens, where freshman football players usually live.
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Buckeyeskickbuttocks said:
Not sure, but didnt' they used to have about 8? I remember when Sanchez was deciding between there and here people were breaking down the USC QB situation (YOu know the argument, USC has 8 QBs ahead of him in the system, OSU only has TS, kind of thing), and there were a bunch there - at least 6.
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USC had Top-100 QB Rocky Hinds in their #1 ranked 2004 class. Hinds transferred to UNLV last year and sat, so Hinds is eligible this year ... just not for the Trojans.
 
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bucknuts44820 said:
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Sanchez, 19, was arrested around 4 p.m. at an apartment complex near campus and was being booked for investigation of sexual assault, police Officer Jason Lee said. Bail was set at $200,000.

"The university takes charges of sexual assault seriously," Michael Jackson, USC vice president of student affairs, said in a statement.
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Heh, those two names are amusing.
 
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I love how LA's Police Headquarters is called Parker Center, that sounds so much more rosy than the slammer, I wonder if that was done to make sure notable criminals sound good?

Can't say much for Sanchez, if he raped/assaulted someone he deserves all the punishment they give him, if not I hope he realizes that he can't put himself in a position where accusations like this can be made, it can hurt him a lot
 
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The LA Times Report on Sanchez

Here is the LA Times Report on the Sanchez arrest.

One new detail, the use of a fake ID by Sanchez to gain entry to the night-club. The reports have properly been focussed on the assault allegations, though the fact Sanchez was under-21 and drinking will surely merit some form of seperate action by USC.
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USC's Sanchez Arrested by LAPD

Redshirt freshman quarterback is held on suspicion of sexual assault after being accused by a female student at the school.
By Gary Klein and Jill Leovy, Times Staff Writers
April 27, 2006


USC quarterback Mark Sanchez, who was battling to become the Trojans' starter, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexual assault.

Los Angeles Police Department officers took the 19-year-old redshirt freshman into custody about 4 p.m., after a female USC student told police she had been sexually assaulted by Sanchez in the early morning. Sanchez, from Mission Viejo, was arrested at the Cardinal Gardens apartment complex at 3131 McClintock Ave.
Police would not say where the alleged assault occurred.

The security system at a nearby club Sanchez visited late Tuesday night shows him leaving at 12:59 a.m. Wednesday.

"He left by himself," a club employee said. "There was no girl with him."

Sanchez was taken to LAPD's Parker Center in downtown Los Angeles. As of late Wednesday, his bail had been set at $200,000, according to Officer Jason Lee of the LAPD. Lee said Sanchez would be "booked very soon."
Police said the woman was not hospitalized.

USC Coach Pete Carroll was out of town on a recruiting trip but said he was aware of Sanchez's arrest.

"We're just hearing about this," Carroll said in a statement released by the university Wednesday evening. "We'll cooperate fully and do whatever we can to assist. At this point, this is being handled by the university's student affairs office and we'll follow along with whatever action the university takes."

Michael L. Jackson, USC's vice president of student affairs, said that Sanchez would be put on "interim suspension" while the case was pending, meaning that the athlete cannot attend class or participate in other student activities until the university reviews the situation further.

"We need to understand better what's going on before we can make a determination of anything," Jackson said.

"We take these things very seriously. … We don't know the facts, but the nature of the allegations are serious."

Spring semester classes conclude Friday and final exams are May 3-10. USC officials said it was too early to determine whether Sanchez's eligibility for the 2006 season, which begins Sept. 2 at Arkansas, would be jeopardized.

Witnesses to the arrest said the area just north of campus was swarming with police and campus safety officers as Sanchez and sophomore linebacker Brian Cushing were led away from Building E in the sprawling complex.

Cushing was released at the scene.

USC students Matthew Menjou and Altman Tsang, roommates who live in a building adjacent to where Sanchez was taken into custody, said Sanchez happened upon them in a parking lot behind the apartment buildings about 1:30 a.m.

Menjou, from Torrance, said he and Tsang, who is from Centerville, Va., said they had returned from getting something to eat when the car they were in ran out of gas just as they prepared to park.

Menjou said Sanchez, whom he recognized from photos as a football player who was supposed to be "the next Matt Leinart," showed up and offered to help them push the car into a space.

Menjou said Sanchez was loud and appeared as if he had been drinking alcohol.

According to an employee of the 901 Club on Figueroa Street, club security cameras show Sanchez arrived at the bar Tuesday night at 11:21, using a fake Arizona ID that showed his name as Jordan Traver Uttal.

"I saw him and he was stoned-faced sober when he came in," said the employee, who asked not to be identified by name.



The club, known by USC students as "The 9-0," is about a 10-minute walk from Cardinal Gardens.

Sanchez is the second USC player to be arrested on suspicion of sexual assault in the last 13 months.

In March 2005, cornerback Eric Wright was booked on suspicion of rape after an alleged incident at the complex, but he was never charged. Wright eventually transferred to Nevada Las Vegas.

In August 2004, the LAPD launched a sexual assault investigation that involved Trojan football players after an alleged incident occurred at the same complex. No arrests were made.

Sanchez, who is listed at 6 feet 4 and 215 pounds, took most of the snaps in the Trojans' recently completed spring practice after junior John David Booty suffered a back injury that required surgery.
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Now I have to give Sanchez a nod on one point. That is almost as good a fake persona as Ron Mexico.
 
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