Former Tennessee Vols LB AJ Johnson has turned himself into authorities for a rape charge. Johnson has already been uninvited from the NFL combine due to the allegations.
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office issued a release saying Johnson had turned himself in Tuesday and was released on $40,000 bond. Suspended Tennessee defensive back Michael Williams also is charged with aggravated rape.
Knoxville police had named both Johnson and Williams in November as subjects of a rape investigation. A grand jury heard the case last week. David Eldridge, the lawyer representing Williams, said Thursday his client was indicted and also had been released on $40,000 bond.
”Mr. Johnson has fully cooperated throughout this investigation, has maintained his innocence from the beginning, and looks forward to being cleared of these accusations so that he can begin to put his life back together,” said Tom Dillard, the lawyer representing Johnson.
Eldridge had issued a statement Thursday saying Williams was ”innocent of these charges” and ”is confident that when all the evidence is presented there, he will be exonerated.”
Johnson started for the Vols all four years he attended the program and amassed a total of 425 tackles, which is is the second highest number in school history.
[h/t Yahoo Sports]