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McCoy Watkins appears in trial at the Portage County Municipal Court in Ravenna, in January, 2024.

Former Kent State student enters guilty plea over two charges of rape

Michael Neenan, Reporter August 3, 2024

A former Kent State student entered a guilty plea Wednesday, July 31, stemming from two charges of rape, which allegedly occurred in November 2022. McCoy Watkins agreed to charges on two counts of...

Trial for Kent State student accused of rape postponed until November

Leah Shepard, Team Editor September 13, 2023

The trial of McCoy Watkins, the Kent State student accused of raping two fellow students last fall, has been postponed until Nov. 21, the district court ruled in August. The trial, originally scheduled...

Kent State student accused of rape authorized to leave house arrest

Leah Shepard, Managing Editor June 21, 2023

Kent State student McCoy Watkins, who has been charged with two counts of first-degree felony rape, was granted a bond modification request June 14 that released him from house arrest until his trial,...

Judge denies bond modification request of Kent State student arrested on rape charges

Leah Shepard, Managing Editor May 31, 2023

Kent State student McCoy Watkins, who was arrested on two counts of first-degree felony rape in April, will remain under house arrest until his trial in June, a common pleas court judge ruled Wednesday...

After three-month sentence, Turner registers as sex offender

Associated Press September 6, 2016

A former Stanford University swimmer whose six-month jail sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman sparked a national outcry registered as a sex offender on Tuesday in Ohio, where he's living...