08-30-2004, 07:32 PM
UK football players charged with indecent exposure
By Jeff Patterson, Kentucky Kernel
August 30, 2004
(U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Two reserve UK football players, charged with indecent exposure, scrimmaged with the team Saturday and will continue to play, said coach Rich Brooks.
Brooks said he had been aware of the incident involving redshirt freshmen offensive linemen Eric Klope and Casey Shumate and former UK fullback Joe Razzano, who left the team earlier this month.
"This is very old news," Brooks said Friday. "We've known about it."
According to a police report, the three were "exposing themselves" on June 11 on the front porch of a house on the 400 block of Oldham Avenue.
Accounts of the incident did not become public until media reports revealed them Friday.
Klope and Shumate then made "sexual comments" to a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy who were riding their bikes, the report said. The three came out of the bushes and off the porch. The two told the kids, "We are big fags ... come up here so we can have a big orgy," the report said.
They also told the kids to "show some respect for UK football players," according to the report.
The boys told their parents when they arrived home, and the police were called to 433 Oldham Ave. The incident occurred at 9:11 p.m., according to the report.
The mother of the 12-year-old told police she did not want her son "exposed to this kind of behavior."
When police arrived, an officer observed only Razzano, who was sitting nude on a couch on the porch. When Razzano noticed the officer, he "fled inside (the) house to put clothes on." The police report said he told police "he had been nude because when he woke up, his father called, so he went out on (the) porch to talk to him."
Razzano was arrested at 9:31 p.m. There was no alcohol or drug involvement, according to the report. His mother, Jodi Razzano, later secured his release with a $1,000 cash bond.
Klope and Shumate were cited for indecent exposure three days later, on June 14.
Shumate's mother, Tracy Darnell, said they are working to resolve the situation.
"Casey is a good kid," she said. "He's got a good heart, and he loves UK.
"He would never do anything to embarrass the university."
The three are due in Fayette District Court on Sept. 14.
By Jeff Patterson, Kentucky Kernel
August 30, 2004
(U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Two reserve UK football players, charged with indecent exposure, scrimmaged with the team Saturday and will continue to play, said coach Rich Brooks.
Brooks said he had been aware of the incident involving redshirt freshmen offensive linemen Eric Klope and Casey Shumate and former UK fullback Joe Razzano, who left the team earlier this month.
"This is very old news," Brooks said Friday. "We've known about it."
According to a police report, the three were "exposing themselves" on June 11 on the front porch of a house on the 400 block of Oldham Avenue.
Accounts of the incident did not become public until media reports revealed them Friday.
Klope and Shumate then made "sexual comments" to a 10-year-old boy and a 12-year-old boy who were riding their bikes, the report said. The three came out of the bushes and off the porch. The two told the kids, "We are big fags ... come up here so we can have a big orgy," the report said.
They also told the kids to "show some respect for UK football players," according to the report.
The boys told their parents when they arrived home, and the police were called to 433 Oldham Ave. The incident occurred at 9:11 p.m., according to the report.
The mother of the 12-year-old told police she did not want her son "exposed to this kind of behavior."
When police arrived, an officer observed only Razzano, who was sitting nude on a couch on the porch. When Razzano noticed the officer, he "fled inside (the) house to put clothes on." The police report said he told police "he had been nude because when he woke up, his father called, so he went out on (the) porch to talk to him."
Razzano was arrested at 9:31 p.m. There was no alcohol or drug involvement, according to the report. His mother, Jodi Razzano, later secured his release with a $1,000 cash bond.
Klope and Shumate were cited for indecent exposure three days later, on June 14.
Shumate's mother, Tracy Darnell, said they are working to resolve the situation.
"Casey is a good kid," she said. "He's got a good heart, and he loves UK.
"He would never do anything to embarrass the university."
The three are due in Fayette District Court on Sept. 14.