DENTON (WBAP/KLIF News) – Two former University of North Texas basketball players are facing charges stemming from an investigation into allegations of sexual assault and prostitution.
Arrest warrants for promotion of prostitution and drug possession have been issued for the former players along with the team’s former student manager and a person unaffiliated with UNT.
One former player, Rickey Brice Junior, has already been arrested on one count of marijuana possession. He was booked into Denton County Jail on Monday and released on bond.
In a statement, the university said received a report of an alleged sexual assault with reference to prostitution March 30. A subsequent police investigation tied the three students and the fourth person to the allegations.
UNT Vice President of University Relations and Planning Deborah Leliaert said the school took swift action.
“None of the students involved are currently on our campus and we’re not at the point where UNT was advised that there could be a problem,” she said.
Leliaert said the university has commissioned an external review of the school’s basketball program to be conducted by Bond Schoeneck & King, a national law firm.
“To ensure that there are no cultural or climate issues within the program. The independent review is already underway and its not focused on any potential criminal action as that is the work of our UNT Police Department,” she said.
The statement said that the UNT will report the results of the review, along with any recommendations, upon its completion.
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