Former Gophers football player Dominic Jones, who was convicted this spring of sexual assault, is requesting a new trial.
The appeal was filed this week on behalf of Jones, who is serving a one-year sentence in the Hennepin County workhouse.
Jones says there are several reasons he should get a new trial, including the fact that the defense couldn't tell jurors the victim had sex with other players earlier on the night in question.
The 21-year-old native of Columbus, Ohio was accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman but was convicted of a lesser sexual assault charge.
Prosecutors say he performed a sex act on a drunken woman that was recorded on a cell-phone camera.
U volleyball losesBrook Dieter had a season-high 19 kills, but the No. 11 Gophers volleyball team lost 25-11, 25-11, 25-11 to No. 20 Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Minnesota is 18-4 overall and 8-2 in the Big Ten. Michigan is 18-4, 6-4.
Area boxer eliminatedRobert Brant of Oakdale lost his opening light heavyweight boxing bout by a 10-10 tiebreaker to Germany's Artur Schmidt in the AIBA Youth World Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico. Brant was eliminated.
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