Former Butler basketball player Carlos 'Scooby' Johnson arrested following rape accusation
Update: Carlos “Scooby” Johnson, a former Butler basketball player, was found not guilty of sexual battery after a four-day jury trial on April 13, 2023.
Former Butler basketball player Carlos "Scooby" Johnson was arrested two weeks after a warrant was issued linking him to a rape in a university dormitory, jail records show.
Johnson, 19, was charged Aug. 12 with rape and sexual battery. He was booked into Marion County Jail Monday.
Butler University in a statement said Johnson is no longer enrolled and has not been allowed on campus since the investigation began Feb. 4.
"The University takes these allegations very seriously and has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct, violence, and harassment, per our Sexual Misconduct Policy," the statement said. "Our top priority is the safety of our students and campus community, and the University provides support and resources to all students.”
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According to a probable cause affidavit, officer Lorraine Oguz of Butler’s police department was dispatched to an Irvington House dormitory room at 2:07 a.m. Feb. 4 on a report of a sexual assault with injury. The officer was told a woman had just been raped by a male, nicknamed “Scooby,” who was living in the dorm.
Johnson allowed three officers into the room and stated, “I should have told that (b****) to leave,” according to the affidavit. An officer told Johnson and his roommate, M.T., that the room was a crime scene and they were being detained for investigation.
A medic arrived to treat the woman, who was transported to Methodist Hospital. During a forensic medical exam at Center of Hope, a nurse found genital injuries to the woman, according to the affidavit.
An analysis of blood samples on Johnson’s boxers matched that of the woman, investigators said in the affidavit, and a second sample taken from the scene was reportedly a mixture of DNA from Johnson and the woman.
Court dates for Johnson have not yet been set, records indicate.
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