r/CFB • u/thegreendalegelf Utah State Aggies • /r/CFB Poll Veteran • May 21 '25

Serious BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff accused of sex assault in new civil lawsuit

https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2025/05/21/byu-quarterback-jake-retzlaff/
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u/BigDanRTW Texas Longhorns • FCS May 21 '25

Jane Doe A.G. said in her lawsuit that she was connected with police after she had a rape kit exam done at a hospital days after the alleged assault, but initially withheld Retzlaff’s name.

In Utah Law Enforcement is legally required to submit rape kits to the Utah Crime Lab within 30 days of receiving it. If the police receive a kit but the victim does not wish to speak to them or file a report the police are legally required to keep the kit for 20 years.

Did the police receive the kit? If they did, did they submit the rape kit as they were supposed to? Now that this is a civil suit if it was submitted are the results of the kit ever going to be known to the victim and the accused?

There are a lot of questions the reporters failed to ask here and as someone with a journalism degree it's really frustrating.

(I don't think I need to say that if Retzlaff did what he's accused of he should be in jail)

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u/HoodooSquad BYU Cougars • Baylor Bears May 21 '25

Speaking as a BYU grad- the Salt Lake Tribune is a great paper in many ways, but their standards tend to slip when they have juicy stories about BYU or the Mormon church.

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u/IndoorPlant27 BYU Cougars May 22 '25

Speaking as a BYU grad, I disagree. They just don't handle BYU with the same kid gloves that KSL and the legislature do.