Kansas dismisses Morris after felony rape cost

Arterio Morris has been dismissed from the Kansas males’s basketball crew after he was arrested and charged with rape, Invoice Self introduced Friday.

Per paperwork obtained by ESPN, Morris was arrested Friday by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Workplace on a cost of “rape; circumstances unknown,” which is a felony.

“After we discovered of allegations concerning Arterio Morris, he was suspended from the Kansas males’s basketball program,” Self mentioned in a press release. “We at the moment are conscious he has been arrested and charged, and he was dismissed from this system. As that is an ongoing authorized matter, we aren’t capable of remark additional right now.”

The bond for Morris was set at $75,000 when he was booked into Douglas County jail. Per jail information, Morris was now not in custody as of 11:45 a.m. ET on Friday.

Morris, a switch from Texas, was with the Longhorns as they made a run to the Elite Eight final season earlier than he transferred to Kansas this offseason. The college suspended him in mid-September after he’d been the topic of a sexual assault investigation at McCarthy Corridor, the place KU basketball gamers reside on campus. Though he wasn’t talked about within the incident report, The Kansas Metropolis Star reported that he was the topic of the investigation.

Final month, an 18-year-old girl from Missouri reported an alleged rape within the males’s basketball dorm, per police paperwork.

Three different gamers — Johnny Furphy, Elmarko Jackson and Nick Timberlake — had been talked about within the incident report as witnesses and “different,” respectively, however a supply informed the Star they weren’t “remotely” concerned.

Morris’ suspension this month occurred hours after he had entered a plea deal that canceled an October trial that had been set for a misdemeanor assault cost in opposition to him. Final summer season, Morris was arrested when an ex-girlfriend accused him of assaulting her after they’d damaged up earlier than the beginning of final season.

Earlier this month, Chris Gaston, Morris’ agent, informed ESPN that Morris would converse “when the time is correct.”