Former Oregon men’s basketball player Brandon Austin has not been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a woman in November while he attended Providence College, according to Austin’s lawyer, Laura Fine Moro.
Fine Moro said a grand jury declined to indict both Austin and his roommate, Rodney Bullock, who was also allegedly involved in the November assault.
“The grand jury heard the evidence, including 3 hours of testimony by the complaining witness, and the grand jury declined to indict,” Fine Moro wrote in an email Tuesday afternoon.
Brandon Austin played for Providence before transferring to Oregon in January midway through his freshman season after he and Bullock were suspended for “not upholding their responsibilities as student-athletes.” Austin sat out the rest of the season after redshirting.
Austin was dismissed from the Ducks in April and from campus in June following his involvement in another sexual assault investigation in Eugene. Austin was not charged for that alleged assault, either.
Correction: A previous version of this story said Austin and Bullock had been cleared of sexual assault charges. As the Rhode Island grand jury report said, the grand jury determined there was “insufficient evidence” to charge Austin and Bullock, which is not the same as clearing them of charges.
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