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Football Player Cleared Of Rape Charge

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published February 22, 2013 at 9:33 AM EST

A jury has cleared a former high school football player of a rape charge.The jury acquitted Roger Lewis Junior of one count of rape yesterday and deadlocked on a second count, leading to a mistrial. Lewis was accused of sexually assaulting a Pickerington Central High School classmate on two separate occassions, but he claimed the sex was consensual.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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