A junior member of the LSU track and field team was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison around 1:00 a.m. Monday on charges of forcible rape at an off-campus party, booking records show.
According to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by The Daily Reveille, an 18-year-old female told authorities that Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake raped her at University Crescent apartments on Burbank and Jennifer Jean drives. Mitchell-Blake told authorities the sex was consensual.
The affidavit says the two were at a party at Mitchell-Blake’s residence and the victim told police she had consumed several alcoholic drinks. In his statement, Mitchell-Blake told authorities he had not been drinking and was unsure if the female had been drinking.
According to the victim’s statement to police, Mitchell-Blake waited for the victim after she exited the bathroom in his residence. The two then went to his bedroom, where they began kissing, according to the victim’s statement.
The victim told police Mitchell-Blake then started to pull at her clothes, and she told him she did not want to have sex and pushed him several times. According to the victim’s statement, Mitchell-Blake then pulled off her clothes, performed oral sex on her and then raped her. more
