Last year, two football players on scholarship at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut were suspended from their team and lost their scholarships because a young woman falsely accused them of raping her.
Now, according to police, the two young men have been cleared of all charges after the young woman took back her story. The 18-year-old woman, whose name is Nikki Yovino, has been charged with second-degree false reporting of an incident, as well as tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. Yovino surrendered herself to police and was released on $150,000 bond. Yovino is facing a tampering charge, which is a felony that could get her up to five years in prison.
One of the two accused students has returned back to Sacred Heart University. However, they no longer are on the football team, and do not have their scholarships available.
Source: boxden.com
