More Details on Six Kentucky Football Players Arrested
Thursday evening six Kentucky football players were charged with first degree burglary: Reuben “RJ” Adams, Robert “Jutahn” McClain, Andru Phillips, Earnest Sanders IV, Devito “Vito” Tisdale and Joel Williams. Tisdale received an additional charge of wanton endangerment for bringing a firearm to the incident that took place in March.
The news release from Lexington police states three members of the football attended a private party, March 6. They were asked to leave, then returned with three others and forced their way into the residence.
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Kentucky Sports Radio’s Matt Jones paints a clearer picture of the situation, describing it as a fight between an on-campus fraternity and members of the football team.
During Tuesday’s football practice that was open to members of the media, this reporter can recall seeing five of the six in action. The University of Kentucky and Mark Stoops each released statements shortly after the news broke.
Jones shared more on the matter during a KSR Live video on Twitter:
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