Arterio Morris has been brushed aside from the Kansas males’s basketball group next he used to be arrested and charged with rape, Invoice Self introduced on Friday.

In keeping with paperwork received by means of ESPN, Morris used to be arrested Friday by means of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Place of work for “rape; circumstances unknown,” which is a criminal.

“When we learned of allegations regarding Arterio Morris, he was suspended from the Kansas men’s basketball program,” Self stated in a commentary. “We are now aware he has been arrested and charged, and he was dismissed from the program. As this is an ongoing legal matter, we are not able to comment further at this time.”

The bond for Morris used to be poised at $75,000 when he used to be booked into Douglas County prison. In keeping with prison information, Morris used to be now not in custody as of eleven:45 a.m. ET. on Friday.

Morris, a switch from Texas, helped the Longhorns construct a run to the Elite 8 latter season prior to he transferred to Kansas this offseason. The college suspended him in mid-September next he’d been the topic of a sexual attack investigation at McCarthy Corridor, the place KU basketball avid gamers continue to exist campus. Even if he wasn’t discussed within the incident file, the Kansas Town Superstar reported that he used to be the topic of the investigation.

Endmost future, an 18-year-old lady from Missouri reported an alleged rape within the males’s basketball dorm, according to police paperwork.

3 alternative avid gamers — Johnny Furphy, Elmarko Jackson and Nick Timberlake — had been discussed within the incident file as eyewitnesses and “other,” respectively, however a supply informed the Kansas Town Superstar they weren’t “remotely” concerned within the incident.

Morris’ abeyance previous this future took place hours next he’d entered a plea offer that canceled an October trial that were poised for a misdemeanor attack fee in opposition to him. Endmost summer season, he used to be arrested when an ex-girlfriend accused him of assaulting her next they’d damaged up prior to the beginning of latter season.

Previous this future, Chris Gaston, Morris’ agent, informed ESPN that the school basketball standout would talk “when the time is right.”