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Ex-BU player's father says Briles wasn't told about violent attack
The father of a former Baylor football player convicted of rape in an attack on an 18-year-old female athlete says he was present when Boise State head coach Chris Petersen called Bears coach Art Briles in May 2013, and says Petersen said nothing about a violent incident involving his son.
One-time All-American Sam Ukwuachu, 22, was convicted on Aug. 20 of raping the Baylor freshman athlete in October 2013 and the next day was sentenced to 10 years on probation, 180 days in county jail and ordered to perform 400 hours of community service.
During the trial, his former girlfriend at Boise State testified that he punched her, choked her, physically restrained her and had a violent temper, but the university later said no such incident was ever reported while Ukwuachu or the woman were students.
In a statement issued early in the evening after Ukwuachu was sentenced, Briles said he had talked to Petersen, but said no mention was made of a violent incident.
Felix Ukwuachu, said in an interview with KWTX at his home in Houston, that he took a bus to Boise in May 2013 in order to pick up his son and met with Petersen who told him he was going to recommend the player to his “friend Art Briles.”
And he said he was in an outer office when Petersen placed the call.
“We could hear the whole conversation,” he said.
“Petersen said ‘Samuel is a dynamic player, a good boy’ (and) said he would be pleased if you take him into your school,” Felix Ukwuachu said.
Petersen “did not let Samuel go because of sexual abuse or any kind of abuse,” Ukwuachu said.
“Samuel was depressed, Samuel was homesick it was making him...think suicidal thoughts, so we decided that we told him you have to come home,” he said.
“Samuel was in good standing with University of Boise State, Boise state,” he said, and a transfer document that Baylor released confirmed that.
(h/t Kwtx)
