Two Tennessee football players, senior linebacker A.J. Johnson and redshirt sophomore cornerback Michael Williams, are currently under investigation for an alleged forcible rape that occurred at the Woodlands Apartment Complex early Sunday morning.
According to a Knoxville Police Department report obtained by The Daily Beacon Tuesday afternoon, one 19-year-old woman, who is a UT student, told police she was raped by Johnson and Williams at 1:45 a.m. She said the attack lasted 45 minutes.
The other victim in the report, also a 19-year-old woman, claims that Williams sexually assaulted her, but also stated that she will not pursue charges, according to a KPD press release that was released Monday. The woman has since returned to Florida, where she attends another university.
The woman who said she was raped was transported to UT Medical Center, according to the report.
No charges have been filed against either player.
On Monday, Johnson and Williams were suspended from all team-related activities, approximately three hours after Tennessee head coach Butch Jones announced at his weekly media luncheon that the investigation did involve football players.
The investigation began at approximately 2:57 a.m. Sunday when officers and investigators responded to White Avenue to look into a rape and sexual assault allegation.
Officers obtained a search warrant and searched the apartment at The Woodlands Sunday night as part of the investigation.
The investigation is ongoing.
This is not the first legal incident Johnson has encountered in his time at UT.
On Feb. 9, Johnson was one of 12 current and former UT football players that were either arrested or cited after a party in the Quarry Trail Apartment complex.
Johnson was arrested for providing alcohol for persons under the age of 21 and resisting arrest. However, his resisting arrest charge was later dropped, and his supplying alcohol to minors charge was scheduled to be dismissed if Johnson completed a set amount of community service and attended an alcohol education class. ?
Johnson, an All-SEC linebacker from Gainesville, Ga., has started all 10 games and leads the Vols in tackles this season. On Saturday, Johnson became the first Vol to record three consecutive 100-tackle seasons since Andy Spiva (1974-76).
Meanwhile, Williams, a native of Laurel, Md., started five games this year at cornerback but recently lost his first-team role to freshman Emmanuel Moseley, who started this past Saturday against Kentucky.
More details to come as they become availible here and in Wednesday’s Daily Beacon.