Sacred Heart University released a statement saying privacy laws prohibit commenting on specific students but that school policy calls for automatic suspensions when such accusations are made. Keeney confirmed that all three have been suspended from school and the lacrosse team.
Keeney said the bed was lofted 5 feet off the floor, raising questions about the woman’s description of events.
“I can appreciate that this young woman was put in an embarrasing set of circumstances through some sophomoric, college-boy antics, but there’s no indication from what I can see or discern so far that there was any sexual assualt there,” Keeney said.
Sacred Heart finished 4-10 in lacrosse last spring, including a 1-5 record in the Colonial Athletic Conference. The team opens its 2010 season Feb. 12 against Massachusetts and is scheduled to end May 9 at Duke, whose program was rocked by scandal in 2006 when a stripper falsely accused three players of raping her at a team party. Charges against the players were dropped in 2007.
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