A Hosftra University football player was freed on bail yesterday after being charged with raping a fellow student on the Long Island campus.
Peter Martocci, a 19-year-old sophomore, was arrested Sunday after an 18-year-old woman told cops he raped her.
Martocci and his accuser had been at a sports bar on Hempstead Turnpike Saturday night, said Sgt. Richard Zito of the Nassau County Special Victims Squad.
The woman left around 1:20 a.m. with two friends.
Martocci ran after them and walked with them to the campus.
The woman’s friends headed toward their dorm, leaving Martocci and the woman to walk toward their dorms in the other direction. Martocci invited the woman to his room, telling her there was no one else there, but when she declined, he threw her down and raped her, Zito said.
Martocci was suspended pending the outcome of his case. His lawyer, Bruce Eiber, said he believes Martocci will be exonerated.
Martocci was hit with first-degree rape and sodomy, and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.