High School Football Star Crosley MacEachen Charged With Raping Sleeping Girl

A high-school soccer star who attended a prestigious Christian non-public faculty raped a sleeping woman at an Ohio house just a few weeks earlier than Christmas, based on state prosecutors.

A legal grievance filed in Hamilton County Frequent Pleas Court docket alleges Crosley MacEachen, 18, encountered the unconscious sufferer in a bed room on the house in Symmes Township, then stripped her bare and commenced having intercourse along with her.

MacEachen, who played cornerback and wide receiver last season for the Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, is charged with rape, gross sexual imposition, and sexual battery.

“These prices are unproven allegations,” MacEachen’s legal professional, R. Scott Croswell III, instructed The Each day Beast. “We intend to aggressively defend these prices.”

The allegations towards MacEachen, which have been first reported by The Cincinnati Enquirer, stem from an incident that reportedly occurred on Dec. 6, 2020. At round 5 a.m. that morning, the unidentified woman mentioned she awakened abruptly to seek out MacEachen having intercourse along with her, charging paperwork state.

“She pushed him off of her and realized she was bare, regardless of sporting garments when she went to sleep,” based on the filings.

The alleged assault adopted inappropriate conduct by MacEachen towards the identical younger girl a month earlier, when he “grabbed her buttocks” at a distinct house within the space, the grievance states. She bolted after which waited in her automobile for MacEachen to depart, based on the filings.

In Could, MacEachen, who averaged 17 yards per catch at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy—which this 12 months was named the top Christian high school in Ohio—dedicated to attend the College of St. Francis in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A college spokesperson didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

“Crosley is without doubt one of the most dynamic soccer gamers that I’ve had the pleasure to educate,” Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy head football coach K.C. Woods said at the time. “Each time he touched the ball, everybody’s eyes obtained somewhat larger. He’s additionally one of many smartest soccer minds that I’ve coached. He understands the sport in addition to most coaches do. Crosley may have a outstanding profession for NAIA powerhouse St. Francis.”

MacEachen additionally performed basketball throughout his senior 12 months at Cincinnati Hills, which costs $16,100 a year to attend and has been ranked the top Christian high school in Ohio.

The college’s athletic program operates under the maxim: “Our mission is to construct a tradition of champions that develops, motivates, and empowers scholar athletes to impression the world for Christ.”

“College students meet Jesus and develop their religion in a different way so we provide many avenues for them to get to know God,” its website explains. “College students and academics worship, ponder, and rejoice collectively at weekly chapels. We serve collectively, and share in lessons and student-led Bible research. We pray collectively—in school, within the hallway, on the taking part in field.”

In a press release to native NBC affiliate WLWT, the school said: “CHCA has discovered of an investigation which has resulted in prices filed towards a former scholar. The alleged incident didn’t happen on faculty property nor throughout a school-sponsored occasion. CHCA is saddened for the people and households affected by this alleged incident, and our prayers stay with them.”

Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy has made headlines earlier than. In 2014, fifth-grade teacher Jamie Climie was forced to resign after nude photographs of her appeared on revenge porn web sites Soiled.com and MyEx.com. Climie, 36, was arrested and charged with submitting a false police report after concocting a bogus story that her telephone had been stolen. Climie claimed the photographs have been meant for her husband, however investigators discovered that she had in truth despatched them to a married man with whom she had been carrying on an affair.

MacEachen was arrested and launched on $100,000 bond, which was reportedly posted by a member of the family. He’s due again in court docket on Wednesday.