LSU investigating alleged on-campus sex crime involving student-athlete

BATON ROUGE - LSU is investigating a reported sexual battery involving one of its student-athletes.

WBRZ received documents related to the crime Wednesday after first reaching out to university officials on March 26 about the incident. 

The initial police report said it happened Feb. 8 at the Gym Armory, which houses the Cox Auditorium, on Field House Drive. The victim identified the suspect as an LSU student-athlete, but that person's name was redacted from the report given to WBRZ.

The incident was first reported to LSU on March 25, according to the document. No other details about the crime were immediately provided.

The investigation comes as LSU says it's taking steps to address long-running problems related to how it reports sexual misconduct. Those issues were laid out in Husch Blackwell's Title IX review earlier this month. 

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43.1.1. Misdemeanor sexual battery

A. Misdemeanor sexual battery is the intentional touching of the breasts or buttocks of the victim by the offender using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the offender, directly or through clothing, or the intentional touching of the breasts or buttocks of the offender by the victim using any instrumentality or any part of the body of the victim, directly or through clothing, when the offender acts without the consent of the victim.

B. Whoever commits the crime of misdemeanor sexual battery shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.

C. The offender shall not be eligible to have his conviction set aside and his prosecution dismissed in accordance with Code of Criminal Procedure Article 894.

D. The offender shall not be subject to any provisions of law that are applicable to sex offenders, including but not limited to any provision that requires the registration of the offender and notice to the public.

Acts 2015, No. 256, §1.

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