UNC football players describe alleged assault

Posted Nov 18, 2008
Three UNC football players testified Monday that they were tied up in their apartment and robbed last year, and one said a woman fondled him during the incident. The testimony came during the trial of Michael Troy Lewis, 33, of Durham, who is charged with three counts of attempted felony larceny, two counts of first-degree kidnapping and one count each of criminal conspiracy, robbery with a dangerous weapon and assault on a government official in the Dec. 16, 2007, incident. (WRAL.com)

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