3 college football players facing criminal charges, suspended after frat house brawl
By SDS Staff
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Three Miami Ohio football players are facing charges for a brawl at a fraternity house earlier this month.
TMZ, citing reporting by WLWT5, shares that 19-year-old TE James Bomba, 19-year-old WR Dimitri Mitsopoulos and 18-year-old DB Terrell Rush were all charged Tuesday Oxford Police Dept. in Ohio.
Police say the three football players were part of a group involved in a fight at the Theta Chi fraternity house near campus on Oct. 3 that left several people hospitalized. One person was reportedly hit in the eye with a golf club, suffering a broken orbital.
Here’s how the charges break down, per TMZ:
Police say Bomba was ultimately charged with assault and criminal trespass; Mistopoulos was hit with 2 counts of assault, 2 counts of criminal trespass and 1 count of disorderly conduct; while Rush was charged with trespass.
The University said in a statement to WLWT5 that all 3 players have been suspended from the team indefinitely:
“With the OPD criminal investigation concluded, Miami has begun its investigation into the incident. Miami University holds its students to high standards of conduct and will not tolerate violence.”
“Students who engage in misconduct face student disciplinary action up to and including suspension or dismissal.”
Miami Ohio is scheduled to play Ball State on Nov. 4.
A video from the incident can be viewed below.
Warning: NSFW language
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