Star West Point Quarterback Accused Of Rape: Report

The United States Military Academy at West Point said on Saturday that it stands behind Cadet Ahmad Bradshaw, a quarterback on the school's football team, after The Daily Beast reported that a fellow cadet who left the academy accused him of raping her in 2014.

The female cadet, Madeline Lewis, spoke to The Daily Beast about her experience. Lewis told the publication that Bradshaw raped her one night when she found him in her room after she returned from a shower. The Daily Beast reported that a West Point internal investigation concluded that a consensual sexual relationship had occurred between the two cadets.

Bradshaw was charged with a violation of the school disciplinary code, but a second investigation found there was insufficient evidence to charge Bradshaw with sexual assault. The Daily Beast story was published the day before the annual Army-Navy game.

Lewis left the academy due to a knee injury after the fall semester in 2014, and by February, she was sure she would not return to West Point. Lewis told The Daily Beast her classmates talked about her and used the fact that she had sexual relationships with other cadets to discredit her.

The Daily Beast also reported that Bradshaw has been the subject of numerous negative conduct reports and violated West Point's honor code for cheating in 2016.

In a lengthy statement posted to the school website, West Point said the allegations against Bradshaw were thoroughly investigated and found the charge of rape to be unsupported.

"USMA treated Cadet Bradshaw as it would any other cadet under similar circumstances," the statement said. "It fully investigated every allegation against him and suspended him from NCAA football competition during the eventually-unfounded criminal investigation."

The USMA also said that the honor board found that Bradshaw failed to properly cite material in an academic paper.

"As a result, he received significant academic and disciplinary penalties including an additional year at West Point," the USMA statement said. "Additionally, he entered an extensive and time-consuming, character remediation program, which is unparalleled at other institutions, and he successfully completed while meeting his other academic and athletic obligations. All of these actions are not required by the NCAA but called for by USMA's commitment to developing leaders of character to serve our nation as officers in the U.S. Army."

The statement further said that USMA was proud of Bradshaw's athletic ability, leadership skills and character growth.

>>>You can read the full Daily Beast story here.

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