Content warning: This story contains depictions of alleged sexual assault.
Former New Mexico State NCAA college basketball player Deuce Benjamin, left, is comforted by his father William Benjamin as he breaks down while speaking at a news conference in Las Cruces, N.M., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Benjamin and former Aggie player Shak Odunewu discussed the lawsuit they filed alleging teammates ganged up and sexually assaulted them multiple times, while their coaches and others at the school didn't act when confronted with the allegations.
In the lawsuit, Odunewu said that three teammates pinned him down in the back of a bus and pulled his pants down on a road trip before they “slapped his bare buttocks and he felt fingers inserted into his anus while his scrotum was simultaneously squeezed.” Benjamin detailed several similar allegations against those three players — Deshawndre Washington, Doctor Bradley and Kim Aiken Jr. — and said that the “attacks” usually happened in the locker room.
"It just got to a point where I just can't bear anywhere," Odunewu said of why he spoke out, via The Associated Press."And it's just sad my college experience had to go like this … I hope me and Deuce will have the strength to move past this and become dominant in whatever path we choose." Benjamin filed a complaint with university police in February. He also claims that Heiar knew in November of the abuse allegations, but that he “did little, if anything,” to address it."My child has been failed. My family has been failed," Benjamin's father, William Benjamin, said, via The Associated Press."And as a father, I feel like I failed my son for putting him in this situation.".
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