Auburn 2016 recruit - Landon Rice's text messages after raping the accuser

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"I said no to having sex," the accuser, who is a student at Auburn University, wrote Rice. "I didn't say it just to hear my own voice, I said it because I meant it. So the fact that you didn't respect me enough to listen really really hurts. I know you knew better than that. I'm saying this because I want you to know that what you did was wrong. Whether it was 5 seconds or it was 20 minutes, it was still wrong.

"So I'm texting you about this for two reasons. One because the next time you are in that position, listen and do not make another girl feel disrespected like I do. Two because I want you you to just leave me alone from now on."

"Yes I knew it was wrong and I am sorry," Rice wrote. "There is nothing I can do to make it right. I am really sorry. I should have never put you in that position, I was just in the moment. That is not the person kind of person I am. (Accuser's name) I am really sorry."

"Can we just put this behind us and don't tell anyone. I'll leave you alone," Rice wrote. "Once again I am really sorry and I feel terrible about it."
The accuser responded, "Just don't do it again."

The April 18 texts end with Rice writing, "I'm not. I'm really sorry."

Rice and his accuser did not exchange texts again until he sent a message to her on June 1.

"Hey just checking in on you and wanted to know if you are having a good summer," Rice wrote. "I'm not asking for you to forgive me but just hope you are doing well. Could u [sic] text back and let me know something please."
[quote]Two days later, the woman responded and asked Rice to "stop trying to reach out" to her by phone and social media.

"I said I wanted to be left alone," she wrote on June 3. "Im fine until I have to see or hear your name, so seeing it on my phone isn't what I want. It's bad enough having to hear my parents read an article about auburn football and it mention you, and then have them constantly question me on why I don't like you. I can't say anything because I'm that mortified by it. So please stop, I'm sorry but I just do not want to hear from you."

Rice asked if they could "please just let it go and never bring it up again" and promised to leave the accuser alone.

"Why?" she responded. "Because you don't want it getting around and possibly affecting football???"

Again, Rice apologized.

"It was a mistake and I know that it was wrong and I hope you know I'm sorry and I think about how wrong it was a lot," he wrote. "I know it pains you but please just keep it to your self (accuser's name) please. I'm sorry I texted you. Was just checking in on you. I'll leave u alone."

The accuser reiterated her wishes that Rice leave her alone.

"You do not have the right to contact me," she wrote. "Better yet, you do not have the right to shut me up. Trust me, it's not the story that I want people knowing. I'm not saying anything to save your promising football career, I'm not saying anything because I'm too embarrassed and I don't want people to know."

Rice acknowledged he was "in the wrong" and again apologized.

"I'm sorry," he wrote. "So should I delete your number and if I see you in public just walk by? Is that okay?"

The accuser then told Rice it was "in your best interest to stay the (expletive) away from me" to which he answered, "Yes mam."

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