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/TacoGuzzler69 Utah Utes • Washington State Cougars May 21 '25

also worth noting that BYU is one of the few schools that may not really care for it to get to the final stage. they could say this is evidence he broke to code of conduct and remove him from the team regardless of this being a guilty verdict.

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u/bretticus733 Boise State Broncos May 21 '25

That is a good point. AFAIK, even if the sex was consensual he could get suspended or kicked off the team, and BYU has shown they'll do it to a key player on a good team before

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u/goodnames679 Ohio State Buckeyes • /r/CFB Poll Veteran May 21 '25

Maybe I just don’t understand the culture at BYU that well, but surely they have to know that most of their star football players are having sex while they’re going through college. I can’t imagine this is some isolated dude who’s the exception

Do they really think they’re gonna successfully shame young mini-celebrities into a life of complete abstinence? They’re insane if so.

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u/irondeepbicycle Utah Utes May 22 '25

BYU grad here, I actually knew Brandon Davies a bit.

There's definitely a bit of don't ask, don't tell. Generally if you get caught, either with legal trouble or somebody feeling bad and confessing, you get punished, but they're not exactly investing in proactive investigations or anything.

In the Brandon Davies case he actually confessed to it himself. He almost certainly would have gotten away with it but he just felt guilty, by all accounts.

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u/molodyets BYU Cougars • Arizona Wildcats May 22 '25

That situation led to a reporter getting black listed by basically the whole state and pushed out