A University of Utah student-athlete fled the country after he was accused of raping a college student in her dorm room at the start of the school year, prosecutors said.
Benjamin Smyth, of Canada, is wanted on rape, forcible sodomy and forcible sexual abuse charges, Salt Lake County District documentsThe 19-year-old Division I scholarship diver met his alleged victim in December 2022 while she was reading a book in the common area of her dorm building.
The diver then allegedly raped her after she said “she didn’t want to have sex,” according to police.
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