The woman spent close to two hours on the witness stand Tuesday recounting events she alleged took place.
LAWRENCE, Kansas — It was an emotional second day in Terrence Shannon Jr.’s rape trial as his accuser took the witness stand and described for a Douglas County jury the night she said the Chicago native and University of Illinois men’s basketball standout penetrated her vagina with his finger while at a crowded bar near the University of Kansas campus.
The woman spent close to two hours on the witness stand recounting the events of that night. Shannon, dressed in a dark blue suit and white collared shirt, appeared to stare ahead as she testified about an encounter she said started around 12:15 a.m. when she and her friend and roommate returned to the Jayhawk Cafe.
That’s when she said the man grabbed her and pulled her to him. She said she thought they would talk and exchange phone numbers or Snapchats. Instead, she said no words were exchanged. With a drink in one hand and a phone in the other, both arms pressed near her chest, she said she looked straight ahead as she felt the man’s hand move under her skirt to her butt.
Jury selection took place Monday. The 12 jurors and three alternates — eight men and seven women — were chosen after a lengthy jury-selection process in Judge Amy Hanley’s courtroom.Monday’s proceedings got off to a rocky start as one potential juror fainted from her chair. Other potential jurors and court deputies rushed to her aid, helping escort her to her feet and to the hallway, where she was seen by paramedics.
Two more were excused after disclosing that someone close to them had been accused of a serious crime. Police have not questioned this third-party defendant while investigating the reported rape, Shannon’s attorneys previously said.
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