LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Five University of Kentucky football players filed federal lawsuits against Lexington police officers and the city, claiming they were falsely charged and framed after a university fraternity claimed the players forced their way into a party and assaulted multiple people.
Reuben Adams, JuTahn McClain, Andru Phillips, Vito Tisdale and Joel Williams were all charged with burglary after the March 2021 party, but a grand jury dismissed the charges on Sept. 28, 2021.
If indicted, the players faced up to ten years in prison.
McClain was not at the party.
Lexington police issued a nationwide press release including "fabricated allegations" against the players, according to a press release from the attorneys for the players.
"I want justice for every day they ran down my name," Tisdale said in the release.
McClain, Phillips and Tisdale are still on the team. Adams and Williams are not, according to UK’s roster.
A request for comment from the Lexington Police Department was not immediately returned.
The lawsuit claims Lexington Police Officer Cory Vinlove — a University of Louisville graduate, according to the news release — filed false charges after the players attended a March 2021 Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity party, where guests allegedly "hurled racial slurs" at the players and physically assaulted some of them.
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