Jury begins deliberating in ex-football player's rape trial
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June 23, 2017
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jurors in the case of an ex-Vanderbilt University football player charged with rape will have to decide if he was bullied into the assault — and if so, whether that's enough to clear him of charges.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys presented their closing arguments Thursday in the trial of Brandon Banks, one of four players charged with assaulting an unconscious female student in a dorm room in 2013. Jurors began deliberating Thursday afternoon.
Defense lawyer Mark Scruggs said Banks was under duress and abused by a team that required complete loyalty.
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