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Expert, lawyer see flaws in rape allegations against OU’s Rodney Anderson

Woman files protective order, accuses OU starting back of rape

Expert, lawyer see flaws in rape allegations against OU’s Rodney Anderson

Woman files protective order, accuses OU starting back of rape

WEBVTT ABIGAIL: WE ARE JOINING YOU LIVEFROM NORMAN FROM OKLAHOMA, MEMORIAL STADIUM WHERE RODNEYANDERSON WAS NAMED THE STARTINGRUNNING BACK JUST ONE MONTH AGO.HE'S A RISING STAR FOR THESOONERS BUT NOW THIS BOMBSHELLALLEGATION.WE TALKED TO SOURCES TONIGHT ANDA LEGAL EXPERT.>> HE HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL THISYEAR.BUT NOW, ALL THAT NARRATIVE GETSTHROWN OUT THE DOOR BECAUSE WEARE TALKING RAPE ALLEGATIONS.ABIGAIL: IN A PROTECTIVE ORDERTHE WOMAN CLAIMS OU STAR RODNEY, ANDERSON RAPED HER THREE WEEKSAGO.SHE SAYS IT WAS NOT UNTIL THISPAST WEEKEND THAT SHE STARTEDRECALLING SEXUAL CONTACT ANDTRYING TO GET AWAY TO PUTCLOTHES ON.>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE THESE THINGSEXTREMELY SERIOUSLYBUT AS THE DAY HAS GONE ONYOU'RE HEARING THAT RODNEYANDERSON HAS A LEG TO STAND ONHERE.THERE ARE TEXT MESSAGES ANDINFORMATION OUT THERE THAT DOESNOT EXACTLY FIT WITH THE YOUNGLADY'S STORY.ABIGAIL ANDERSON VEHEMENTLY: DENIES THAT HE RAPED ANYONE.HE EVEN STARTED A TWITTERACCOUNT TO FIGHT FOR HISINNOCENCE.ABIGAIL: AND A LEGAL EXPERT SAYSHE SEES SOME FLAWS IN THE CASE.>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT AREINDICATED HERE IN THE SUMMARYFROM THE NORMAN POLICEDEPARTMENT AND IN THE PROTECTIVEORDER THAT LEAVE A GREAT MANHOLES IN THE STORYABIGAIL EVEN THOUGH HE SEES: HOLES IN THE STORY HE ALSOADDED THIS.>> THE EASY THING FOR THEDISTRICT ATTORNEY OR THE POLICETO DO IS TO MOVE FORWARD.IT REQUIRES THEM TO TAKE SOMEPOLITICAL RISK TO SAY NO THISCASE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGHEVIDENCE.ABIGAIL: AND WE WILL LEARN IFTHIS CASE MOVES FORWARD SOON.MONDAY THE 18TH, RODNEY ANDERSONAND THE ACCUSER MUST APPEAR INCOURT TO SEE IF THE PROTECTIVEORDER WILL STICK CREATE WE WILL-- STICK.WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.THE ROSE BOWL COMING UP.
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Expert, lawyer see flaws in rape allegations against OU’s Rodney Anderson

Woman files protective order, accuses OU starting back of rape

An Oklahoma football star’s fate is in limbo tonight after a woman accused him of rape and filed a protective order against him. Redshirt sophomore running back Rodney Anderson is now working to clear his name after the accuser says he sexually assaulted her.A copy of the protective order says the woman and Anderson met at a bar and went home together, but she passed out. She just now reported the sexual assault.“He’s been exceptional this year,” said sports talk radio host Sam Mayes, with 107.7 The Franchise. “But now that all that narrative gets thrown out the door because we are talking rape allegations.”The plaintiff claims Anderson raped her three weeks ago and that it wasn’t until this past weekend that she started recalling sexual contact and trying to get away to put on clothes.“You have to take these things extremely seriously,” Mayes said. “But as the day has gone on, you’re hearing Rodney Anderson has a leg to stand on here. There are text messages and information out there that doesn’t exactly fit the young lady’s story.”Anderson vehemently denies that he raped anyone. He apparently started a Twitter account to fight for his innocence.“In my wildest dreams, I never thought I’d have to set up a Twitter account to defend myself,” the account named Rodney Anderson with handle @24RAnderson posted. “In the most possible straightforward and honest manner, I did not do this. @espn”Legal experts said he sees some flaws in the case.“There are things that are indicated here in the summary from the Norman Police Department and in the protective order that leave a great many holes in the story,” attorney Adam Weintraub told Tulsa television station KJRH. “The easy thing for the district attorney or the police to do is move forward” he said. “It requires them to take some political risk to say, ‘No, this case does not have enough evidence.’”Anderson and his accuser will appear in court Dec. 18 to see if the order will stick.

An Oklahoma football star’s fate is in limbo tonight after a woman accused him of rape and filed a protective order against him.

Redshirt sophomore running back Rodney Anderson is now working to clear his name after the accuser says he sexually assaulted her.

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A copy of the protective order says the woman and Anderson met at a bar and went home together, but she passed out. She just now reported the sexual assault.

“He’s been exceptional this year,” said sports talk radio host Sam Mayes, with 107.7 The Franchise. “But now that all that narrative gets thrown out the door because we are talking rape allegations.”

The plaintiff claims Anderson raped her three weeks ago and that it wasn’t until this past weekend that she started recalling sexual contact and trying to get away to put on clothes.

“You have to take these things extremely seriously,” Mayes said. “But as the day has gone on, you’re hearing Rodney Anderson has a leg to stand on here. There are text messages and information out there that doesn’t exactly fit the young lady’s story.”

Anderson vehemently denies that he raped anyone. He apparently started a Twitter account to fight for his innocence.

“In my wildest dreams, I never thought I’d have to set up a Twitter account to defend myself,” the account named Rodney Anderson with handle @24RAnderson posted. “In the most possible straightforward and honest manner, I did not do this. @espn”

Legal experts said he sees some flaws in the case.

“There are things that are indicated here in the summary from the Norman Police Department and in the protective order that leave a great many holes in the story,” attorney Adam Weintraub told Tulsa television station KJRH. “The easy thing for the district attorney or the police to do is move forward” he said. “It requires them to take some political risk to say, ‘No, this case does not have enough evidence.’”

Anderson and his accuser will appear in court Dec. 18 to see if the order will stick.