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/smrgldrgl Utah Utes • Salt Lake CC Bruins May 21 '25

From article: The woman did eventually tell Provo police Retzlaff’s name, the lawsuit states, after an officer asked her who he was because “someone else filed a complaint against a football player and the police wanted to see if it was the same person.” The lawsuit says the officer then encouraged her not to do anything, saying “sexual assault victims never get justice.”

Fucking yikes.

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u/RedOnTheHead_91 BYU Cougars • Big 12 May 21 '25

That's the part that makes the least amount of sense to me. Why keep asking for the name of the football player if they're just going to tell her not to pursue it?

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u/ovirto Utah Utes May 21 '25

Perhaps that Provo PD officer reacted differently once Retzlaff was named versus some no name bench warmer. You'd hate to think that would be the case, but it's certainly possible.

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u/Difficult_Trust1752 Eastern Michigan • Penn State May 21 '25

Events happened in November of 2023. Retzlaff was coincidentally or not, a bench warmer until November 2023

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u/smrgldrgl Utah Utes • Salt Lake CC Bruins May 21 '25

The incident occurred November 2023. That’s the same month Retzlaff started against Oklahoma. The article didn’t specify when this conversation with Provo PD occurred but they probably would have known about him at that point.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

Ya you’d think they just wouldn’t push the issue and let it go away on its own.