If LaDarrius Jackson is guilty, he should be jailed under the prison. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the South Florida defensive end has been dismissed from the university after being charged with raping two women in one 30-day span.
Jackson was arrested on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment on Wednesday, similar charges he’s facing from a May 1 arrest in a separate incident.
Jackson, a 22-year-old junior defensive end, turned himself in at Orient Road Jail and is again facing charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment, the same charges filed in his May 1 arrest by USF police. He also has been dismissed from the football team. He had been suspended from team activities after the first arrest.USF head coach Charlie Strong released a statement saying, “We are aware of the charges filed against [Jackson]. While we find the allegations troubling, we will continue to gather information and support the judicial process before providing further comment.”
According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, the latest report of an assault occurred during a visit to a woman’s Hillsborough County home March 27.
She told detectives she was putting items in her bathroom when Jackson asked her multiple times to shower with him. She repeatedly denied Jackson’s requests and attempted to leave the bathroom, but he blocked the door, she reported.
To appease the 6-foot-4, 248-pound defensive end, the woman began to wash her hair in her bathtub while remaining clothed, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Then, the woman told detectives, Jackson grabbed her, forcefully removed her clothing against her will, and committed sexual battery, the agency said.
Afterward, Jackson made the woman drive to a nearby pharmacy to purchase an emergency contraceptive and ordered her to take it in his presence. He then made her drive him home to his on-campus dorm in USF’s Holly Apartments, the agency said.
The junior had been removed from all team activities following his arrest last week, and now has been dismissed after another accuser said that on May 1 he allegedly assaulted her.
To make matters worse, Jackson was linked to good friend Jameis Winston, who has referred to the two as “family,” and who was accused of rape while at Florida State.
