Four former Vanderbilt Football Players (JaBorian McKenzie, Cory Batey, Brandon Vandenburg & Brandon Banks Charged with Rape and Aggravated Sexual Battery of Unconscious 21 Year Old Female Coed

Four former Vanderbilt football players have been charged with the rape and aggravated sexual assault of an unconscious 21 year old female coed. Brandon Vandenburg, 20, from California; Brandon Eric Banks, 19, from Maryland; JaBorian “Tip” McKenzie, 18 from Mississippi and Cory Batey, 19, of Nashville, were charged with five counts each of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Vandenburg was also charged with one count of unlawful photography and tampering with evidence. The incident occurred in the early hours on the Vanderbilt campus in Nashville, Tennessee in June 23, 2013. However, it wasn’t discovered by university officials until two days later after officials there were reviewing hallway camera footage in an unrelated incident when they saw the four former football players acting suspiciously. The players were subsequently kicked off the football team and dimissed from the university.

Cory Batey has already been arrested and taken to General Hospital for a mandatory blood draw. Tennessee police are attempting to track down the other three down and have notified authorities in the states they reside that indictments have been issued. They have the option to surrender themselves to authorities or arrest warrants will be issued.

From The Tennessean:

Four former Vanderbilt University football players were charged Friday in the rape of an unconscious student in a Gillette Hall dormitory room in a case police described as “unsettling.”

Brandon Vandenburg, 20, from California; Brandon Eric Banks, 19, from Maryland; JaBorian “Tip” McKenzie, 18 from Mississippi and Cory Batey, 19, of Nashville, were charged with five counts each of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Vandenburg was also charged with one count of unlawful photography and tampering with evidence.

Police said the case came to light only after university officials saw something suspicious while reviewing surveillance camera footage in an unrelated matter.