Idaho Hazing Scandal: Anthony Clarke's High School Sex Allegations Rock Team

Three college football players, including Boise State freshman receiver Anthony Clarke, have been charged with sexual crime, battery and false imprisonment due to incidents which took place last year at a high school in Blackfoot, Idaho, according to Reuters.

According to police, five athletes are charged with forcible sexual penetration using a foreign object on their teammates on the high school basketball team. They were also said to have beaten and "restrained the victims in a locker room and on a school bus during a three-month period that began last December."

Other players charged include Idaho State University tight end Nathan Walker and Carroll College freshman Logan Chidester.

"Now that everything is out, more victims are coming forward because they realize they are not alone and they don't need to be afraid or embarrassed," Blackfoot Police Captain Kurt Asmus said on Thursday.

Each player has been suspended from their teams and according to Frank Zang, a spokesman for Boise State, Clarke hasn't played yet this season.

Comments

[blackfoot girl]

01:41 PM on 12/24/2010

I am from Blackfoot, ID and i know what is going on. Don't listen to everything that you read. I know what those boys were doing and it is nothing compared to what they make it sound like.

[freegeg]

10:47 AM on 12/21/2010

Gay on straight violence!!!

Call it what it is.

[208kk]

07:23 PM on 12/20/2010

I think it is ridiculous how they are bringing attention to the BSU football player like he was even getting playing time! He was a red shirt nobody knew about so please dont connect him with BSU cause it's not like he was a "somebody" at the university. Also, I think it's a sad they put a bad name on Blackfoot! I grew up there and am now ashamed this could happen in such a great community!

[Demarcus Jackson]

03:38 PM on 12/20/2010

If these allegations are true, this is not "hazing", which is relatively bland euphemism. If these allegations are true these actions go far beyond hazing or bullying. This rape and assault. I am tired of the media using hazing or bullying and not depicting these actions for what they really are. Bullying isn't sexual penetration with foreign objects or false imprisonment.

[pastol]

12:22 PM on 12/20/2010

"Now that everything is out.."

[eljefejeff]

12:04 PM on 12/20/2010

ok so is this a new thing that we blame on an oversexed internet culture, or has this always been happening?

[Di4Peace]

11:26 AM on 12/20/2010

Hmmm, I wonder, if they were black, would they only be suspended???? I DOUBT IT.

[BuckNut1107]

01:31 PM on 12/21/2010

Really, you're throwing a race card here? In what way, shape or form is that even relevant? As anyone with any knowledge of the law will tell you, an investigation will ensue, followed by a formal issuance of charges, then, I'm sure you will see an arrest, if the evidence warrants one. Until then, please keep your hatred for whitey to yourself!

[metriks]

11:08 AM on 12/20/2010

Hmmm. Straight boys. Take note homophobes ... these are straight, "wholesome," small-town, boy-next-door jocks ... the apples of their mother's eyes. Rape is a crime of hate and violence not sexuality ... and not connected with orientation.

[norkas]

10:59 AM on 12/20/2010

Until Spiritual teaching enter classrooms at very young ages this will continue. I am not speaking of religion but spirituality and the lack of it that had lead to many people not evolving on this planet.

[farmilyman]

10:55 AM on 12/20/2010

What enjoyment to they get out of this?

[TedEjr]

10:53 AM on 12/20/2010

If accurate, the perpetrator, or perpetrators, are probably acting on their own repressed feelings of homosexuality. To wit, they are acting out their reaction formation.

[CJ McD]

10:39 AM on 12/20/2010

I meant to type "what", not "whay".

[unimatrix0]

10:36 AM on 12/20/2010

Where was the coach if this took place so frequently? I was the team captain for track team, it was hard to keep the small freshmen safe from seniors all the time, even when you give a no hazing command. The worst that happened were wedgies, but I came out of the showers to find a kid lifted off his feet by his underwear, and in tears from the humiliation of it. I can not even begin to immagine what public rape, at the laughter of your teammates must have been like. A coach that does not stay in a locker room with him team is asking for Lord of the Flies behavior.

[BuckNut1107]

01:35 PM on 12/21/2010

Unfortunatley, I think that in this day and age, a coach in the locker room with players, while they are naked and showering would probably also be deemed inappropriate by the general public. I know when I played high school football the coaches were rarely in the locker room. If I were a coach in today's society I would be leery of making a presence in the locker room as well. It's sad that we really don't know who we have to protect our children from the most.

[JudgeCCrater]

10:14 AM on 12/20/2010

Crossing Blackfoot, ID off my list of potential places to retire...

[Urfubar12]

10:04 AM on 12/20/2010

Wow. The worst "hazing" I had was I had to sing on the bus in front of the varsity players. I can't believe this happens! How sick. Those poor kids...I hope then can find a way to cope with this abuse.