A Butler University basketball player has been charged with raping a woman at a dorm on campus, authorities and university officials said.
Carlos “Scooby” Johnson, who was named as Michigan’s “Mr. Basketball” last year, was charged with rape, attempted rape and sexual battery in a Feb. 4 alleged attack on the school’s Indianapolis campus, according to court documents obtained by the Indianapolis Star.
Campus police responded to a dorm for a report of a sexual assault with injury and found a woman who claimed a male living there nicknamed “Scooby” had just raped her, a probable cause affidavit shows.
“I should have told that b–h to leave,” Johnson told three officers in his room, police said.
An officer told Johnson and his roommate that their room was considered to be a crime scene. Four days later, a Butler detective requested DNA analysis of blood found on Johnson’s boxers and one sample was later found to match that of the woman. Another was a mixture of DNA belonging to Johnson and her, according to the affidavit.
The woman had been taken to a hospital after the alleged rape and a nurse found that she had genital injuries, authorities said.
University officials confirmed the charges against Johnson while saying the 19-year-old forward is no longer enrolled at Butler and has been barred from its Indianapolis campus. His bio was also no longer available on the team’s website Friday.
“The university takes these allegations very seriously and has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct, violence, and harassment, per our Sexual Misconduct Policy,” a Butler University statement read. “Our top priority is the safety of our students and campus community, and the university provides support and resources to all students.”
If convicted on all charges, Johnson faces more than 30 years in prison, the Detroit News reported. Court documents reportedly did not list an attorney for him Thursday.
Johnson missed his entire freshman year at Butler following knee surgery to repair a torn ACL.
The four-star, 6-foot-6, 230-pound prospect chose Butler over other college basketball powerhouses like Michigan and Michigan State, MLive.com reported.