Former Trinity star indicted on aggravated rape charges

Published 4:22 pm Friday, August 9, 2013

By The Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Trinity Episcopal Day School star and Woodville native Tip McKenzie was among four former Vanderbilt football players who were indicted Friday on five counts of aggravated rape each of an unconscious 21-year-old co-ed at a campus dormitory in June.

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McKenzie

Nashville police and the district attorney sent out a release announcing the indictments Friday.

McKenzie, safety Cory Batey, defensive back Brandon Banks and tight end Brandon Vandenburg also have been charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery for an incident tipped to campus officials by surveillance video. Vandenburg also is charged with one count of tampering with evidence and one count of unlawful photography.

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Attorney Worrick Robinson says Batey has been taken into custody.

Vanderbilt dismissed the players June 29 and kicked them off campus pending the investigation by the Metro Nashville Police Department’s sex crimes unit.

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