BYU Quarterback Jake Retzlaff Accused Of Raping And Strangling A Utah Woman

BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff had a standout 12 months through the 2024 season, however he’s now going through extraordinarily severe allegations.

According to a brand new civil lawsuit, Jake Retzlaff is being accused of sexually assaulting a Utah girl in 2023, who claims the soccer star “raped, strangled, and bit” her.

In a brand new grievance, initially reported by KSL, Retzlaff, BYU’s first Jewish quarterback within the faculty’s historical past, is being accused of assaulting a lady he met in October 2023.

According to the submitting, Retzlaff met the lady, who filed below “Jane Doe A.G.,” on social media that very same 12 months. They communicated on-line for some time earlier than formally assembly at Retzlaff’s residence.

Jane Doe alleges that Retzlaff started kissing her and tried to take issues additional, an advance Doe resisted. The lawsuit claims, nonetheless, that “Retzlaff began escalating the situation.”

The submitting states Doe “tried to de-escalate the situation and attempted to slow things down, trying to pull away, and saying ‘wait.’” However, Doe’s requests have been allegedly ignored.

Per KSL, Doe alleges that after she requested Retzlaff cease the undesirable touching, he grew to become extra aggressive, “pinching her hard.”

“(The woman) wanted to leave, but was scared and felt like she could not get away,” the lawsuit alleges.

The grievance additional alleges, in keeping with PEOPLE, that Retzlaff started forcing himself on her and compelled her to carry out oral intercourse acts on him.

It additionally states that Doe tried to name for assist, however that solely angered Retzlaff, who allegedly started “yelling” at her.

“He was so much stronger, heavier, and taller than Jane Doe A.G. that she felt trapped and scared and was having trouble breathing,” the filing says.

The horrific claims don’t end there, though. According to the filing, Retzlaff allegedly raped Doe while placing “his hands around her neck.”

“It hurt so bad and caused so much pain that Jane Doe A.G. passed out,” the grievance reads.

Later, Doe alleges that after Retzlaff fell asleep, she “grabbed her garments and her telephone and ran.”

Doe eventually went to a local hospital, where a rape kit was performed and pictures of the “minimize on her lip and the bruises round her neck and on her interior thighs” were taken.

“As a direct and proximate results of Retzlaff’s illegal conduct, (the lady) suffered emotional misery, humiliation, embarrassment, psychological misery, nervousness, and different damages in an quantity to be confirmed at trial, however that are better than $300,000 every,” the lawsuit states, per KSL.

According to the lawsuit, Jane Doe says she contacted the Provo Police Department about the alleged assault; however, she was apprehensive about giving the officer Retzlaff’s name out of fear for her safety.

Later, Doe says Provo police reached out to her because there was another complaint against a football player. However, after revealing Retzlaff’s name, she claims she was discouraged from speaking out.

“At that time Jane Doe A.G. shared Retzlaff’s identify, and the Provo police then inspired her to not do something as a result of, as they claimed, ‘sexual assault victims by no means get justice,'” per ESPN.

The Provo Police Department issued a statement in response to Doe’s allegations, stating her claims were “not true” and that she was “given several opportunities to identify her abuser” but chose not to, causing law enforcement to close the case.