Waco police on
Wednesday arrested former Baylor University football player Shawn Oakman
on charges he sexually assaulted a fellow student after leaving a Waco
nightclub with her early Sunday morning.
Oakman, 24, who graduated from Baylor in December, declined comment to the Tribune-Herald when asked last week
about the allegations. Oakman, Baylor’s all-time sack leader, was
waiting to be booked into the jail Wednesday afternoon and no bond
information was available.
Waco police searched his James Avenue residence
on April 3 looking for evidence to support the woman’s claims that
Oakman sexually assaulted her between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. that same day.
Oakman, an NFL draft prospect, told Waco police detectives the sexual contact was consensual.
A police affidavit for the search warrant said police were looking for clothing the woman left behind at Oakman’s duplex, earrings, blood, semen, bodily fluids, hair, skin cells, DNA, bedsheets and other items.
Court documents indicate officers seized two comforters, a fitted sheet and a flat sheet from Oakman’s bedroom.
The woman went to the hospital after the alleged assault and was examined by a sexual assault nurse examiner, according to the court records.
The affidavit, drafted by Waco police Detective Sam Key, said the woman met Oakman at a Baylor-area bar on Speight Avenue and Oakman asked her if she wanted to go to his residence. They walked to Oakman’s duplex and Oakman “forced” her into a bedroom, according to the affidavit.
Oakman “forcibly removed” the woman’s clothes, “forced” her onto the bed and sexually assaulted her, the affidavit alleges.
The woman left, but told police she left her panties at the duplex and lost an earring in the bedroom.
“Investigating officers briefly spoke with suspect and he admitted to only having consensual sex with victim,” the affidavit states.
Oakman sent a message on his Twitter account at 8:06 a.m. April 3 that said, “The devil will come and try to strip you of everything you worked for.”
Key declined comment Wednesday about his investigation.
When the Tribune-Herald first reported news of Key’s investigation last week, the Tribune-Herald did not report Oakman’s name, as he had not yet been arrested.
Oakman didn’t live up to his preseason hype last season, but he had 14½ tackles for loss and 4½ sacks this past season. He finished his Baylor career as the all-time leader in sacks with 17.5 and second on the tackles-for-loss list with 46.
He was invited to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, and was a third-team All-America defensive end in 2015.
The 6-foot-8, 287-pound defensive end went to high school in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and started his college career at Penn State University.
Bill O’Brien, the current Houston Texans coach, was Penn State’s new coach at the time after taking over for Joe Paterno. O’Brien kicked Oakman off the team after Oakman, who said he ran out of points on his university meal card, tried to steal a sandwich and fruit juice from a campus store.
The cashier asked if he was going to pay for the sandwich and kept his meal card, according to published reports. Oakman grabbed the cashier’s wrist and took the card from her hand. O’Brien dismissed Oakman from the team the next day.
Baylor head football coach Art Briles gave Oakman a second chance, but Briles suspended Oakman for the SMU game this past season for unspecified rules violations.
“I really, truly love football,” Oakman was quoted as saying after leaving Penn State. “I can say I found my niche and this is what I was born to do. This is me, football is me. I can’t see myself doing anything else but playing football. I had it taken away from me, I want to show Penn State and coach (Bill) O’Brien that I messed up, but I’m back now.”
Tevin Elliott, a former Baylor defensive end from Mount Pleasant, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $10,000 in 2014 after his conviction on two counts of sexually assaulting former Baylor student Jasmin Hernandez at a party at a Waco apartment complex in 2012.
Two other former Baylor students testified at Elliott’s trial that Elliott sexually assaulted them, and there was evidence that a fourth student reported he sexually assaulted her.
Hernandez, who gave the Tribune-Herald permission to use her name, recently filed a federal Title IX lawsuit against Baylor, alleging Baylor officials were indifferent to her report of sexual assault and knew of Elliott’s proclivities toward violence against women.
Sam Ukwuachu, another former defensive end for Baylor, was convicted of sexual assault in August, and jurors recommended he be placed on probation. After that trial, Baylor asked Baylor Law School professor Jeremy Counseller to conduct an internal review of the school’s practices regarding reported sexual assaults. The university then hired a Philadelphia-based law firm to review the school’s procedures and make recommendations about how to improve its responses.
Baylor reached an undisclosed settlement with Ukwuachu’s sexual assault victim. No lawsuit was filed, but the family of Ukwuachu’s victim retained the services of Boulder, Colorado-based lawyers John Clune and Chris Ford.
Oakman, an NFL draft prospect, told Waco police detectives the sexual contact was consensual.
A police affidavit for the search warrant said police were looking for clothing the woman left behind at Oakman’s duplex, earrings, blood, semen, bodily fluids, hair, skin cells, DNA, bedsheets and other items.
Court documents indicate officers seized two comforters, a fitted sheet and a flat sheet from Oakman’s bedroom.
The woman went to the hospital after the alleged assault and was examined by a sexual assault nurse examiner, according to the court records.
The affidavit, drafted by Waco police Detective Sam Key, said the woman met Oakman at a Baylor-area bar on Speight Avenue and Oakman asked her if she wanted to go to his residence. They walked to Oakman’s duplex and Oakman “forced” her into a bedroom, according to the affidavit.
Oakman “forcibly removed” the woman’s clothes, “forced” her onto the bed and sexually assaulted her, the affidavit alleges.
The woman left, but told police she left her panties at the duplex and lost an earring in the bedroom.
“Investigating officers briefly spoke with suspect and he admitted to only having consensual sex with victim,” the affidavit states.
Oakman sent a message on his Twitter account at 8:06 a.m. April 3 that said, “The devil will come and try to strip you of everything you worked for.”
Key declined comment Wednesday about his investigation.
When the Tribune-Herald first reported news of Key’s investigation last week, the Tribune-Herald did not report Oakman’s name, as he had not yet been arrested.
Oakman didn’t live up to his preseason hype last season, but he had 14½ tackles for loss and 4½ sacks this past season. He finished his Baylor career as the all-time leader in sacks with 17.5 and second on the tackles-for-loss list with 46.
He was invited to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama, and was a third-team All-America defensive end in 2015.
The 6-foot-8, 287-pound defensive end went to high school in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, and started his college career at Penn State University.
Bill O’Brien, the current Houston Texans coach, was Penn State’s new coach at the time after taking over for Joe Paterno. O’Brien kicked Oakman off the team after Oakman, who said he ran out of points on his university meal card, tried to steal a sandwich and fruit juice from a campus store.
The cashier asked if he was going to pay for the sandwich and kept his meal card, according to published reports. Oakman grabbed the cashier’s wrist and took the card from her hand. O’Brien dismissed Oakman from the team the next day.
Baylor head football coach Art Briles gave Oakman a second chance, but Briles suspended Oakman for the SMU game this past season for unspecified rules violations.
“I really, truly love football,” Oakman was quoted as saying after leaving Penn State. “I can say I found my niche and this is what I was born to do. This is me, football is me. I can’t see myself doing anything else but playing football. I had it taken away from me, I want to show Penn State and coach (Bill) O’Brien that I messed up, but I’m back now.”
Tevin Elliott, a former Baylor defensive end from Mount Pleasant, was sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined $10,000 in 2014 after his conviction on two counts of sexually assaulting former Baylor student Jasmin Hernandez at a party at a Waco apartment complex in 2012.
Two other former Baylor students testified at Elliott’s trial that Elliott sexually assaulted them, and there was evidence that a fourth student reported he sexually assaulted her.
Hernandez, who gave the Tribune-Herald permission to use her name, recently filed a federal Title IX lawsuit against Baylor, alleging Baylor officials were indifferent to her report of sexual assault and knew of Elliott’s proclivities toward violence against women.
Sam Ukwuachu, another former defensive end for Baylor, was convicted of sexual assault in August, and jurors recommended he be placed on probation. After that trial, Baylor asked Baylor Law School professor Jeremy Counseller to conduct an internal review of the school’s practices regarding reported sexual assaults. The university then hired a Philadelphia-based law firm to review the school’s procedures and make recommendations about how to improve its responses.
Baylor reached an undisclosed settlement with Ukwuachu’s sexual assault victim. No lawsuit was filed, but the family of Ukwuachu’s victim retained the services of Boulder, Colorado-based lawyers John Clune and Chris Ford.
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