The incident originally occurred in June (creative commons)

Between the football players, four of them went with a not guilty plea to the rape charges while the fifth former player, Chris Boyd, pleaded not guilty to a lesser charge of being an accessory to the crime.

Boyd’s father, Steven Boyd, reported claims that the Metro District Attorney’s Office had done irreparable damage to his son’s integrity and reputation while the indictment was unnecessary.

None of the charged students appeared in court.

Read the full story at Tennessean. 

Reach Executive Producer Eric Parra here.