Former Hockey Player At West Chester University Faces Rape Trial

WEST CHESTER — A lawyer asked a Chester County judge to dismiss charges against a man accused of raping a woman on Halloween night in 2021 at a “Hockey House” near West Chester University.

Eugene Tinari, a Philadelphia lawyer, said there is a lack of evidence to prove rape charges against his client, Richard O. Mullineaux, of the 2600 block of Sagewood Drive, Willistown Township.

Mullineaux, 22, is free on $100,000 bail awaiting trial.

Judge Analisa Sondergaard scheduled a pre-trial hearing in August.

He is charged with rape, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, indecent assault and related charges.

Police said they identified Mullineaux by matching a photo taken by the alleged victim on her phone to a photo on the university's club ice hockey website.

Mullineaux was a junior at the university and a member of the hockey team at the time the charges were filed.

According to police:

• The woman, whose name is being withheld by Patch, told police that at approximately 3:30 a.m. Oct. 31, 2021 she was raped in a house in the 400 block of South High Street by a man who told her his name was "Richie."
• The woman said the suspect grabbed her by the wrist and led her to an empty room.
• The two began kissing, and the suspect then asked her several time to have sex. She told police she said "no" multiple times, but eventually "gave in."
• The woman told police that she then asked him to "please stop," but the suspect continued. The woman said she waited until the suspect was asleep and got ready to leave.
• When she turned on the flashlight on her phone, she said, the suspect awoke and grabbed the phone, throwing it.