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Addison Adkins and Angus Thompson sit in court for preliminary hearing on Monday, March 17, 2025, at Fayette County District Court in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Novack | Staff

Judge sends UK students arrested for rape and strangulation to grand jury

Casey Sebastiano, Managing Editor April 17, 2025

The case of University of Kentucky students charged with the February rape and strangulation of another UK student in an on-campus residence hall were sent to a grand jury at their preliminary hearing. Addison...

Addison Adkins walks out of his arraignment with Mike Roland, his defense attorney, on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the Robert F. Stephens District Courthouse in Lexington, Kentucky. Adkins is facing charges of rape in the first-degree and strangulation in the second-degree. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

UK students arrested for on-campus rape

Casey Sebastiano, Managing Editor March 4, 2025

This story has been updated as of March 4, 2025, 5:50 p.m. Two University of Kentucky students have been charged with the rape of another student in an on-campus residence hall. Freshmen Angus Thompson,...

College officials often undertrained for sexual assault investigations

Madison Rexroat June 12, 2017

Sexual assault has become an epidemic on college campuses, and with more victims gaining the courage and support needed to come forward, it leaves the question of how investigations are handled.Since 2011,...

89 percent of colleges reported zero campus rapes in 2015. Key word: Reported

Madison Rexroat May 15, 2017

A significant majority of U.S. colleges reported zero incidents of rape in 2015 according to an analysis of U.S. Department of Education data by the American Association of University Women. But that doesn’t...

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