Skip navigation

3rd Albany football player charged with rape

Guadagno, Ashbourne, Harris will be suspended from team, university

Video: Football from NBC Sports
Minnesota Twins v New York Yankees
Getty Images
Boyhood dream
May 19: Twins star Joe Mauer talks about growing up a Twins fan and passing up a football scholarship to play at Florida State.

Special feature
FedEx BCS National Championship Game - Oklahoma v Florida
College cheer
Check out some of the college football cheerleaders from across the country.

NBCSports.com

updated 4:18 p.m. ET Oct. 18, 2006

ALBANY, N.Y. - A third Albany football player was charged with raping a female student in a dorm at the state university.

Charles Guadagno, an 18-year-old freshman from Fallston, Md., was charged Wednesday with first-degree rape, provost Susan Herbst said.

On Monday, freshmen Lorenzo Ashbourne of Smyrna, Ga., and Julius Harris of Riviera Beach, Fla., both 18, were arraigned on a similar charge in connection with the early Sunday attack.

Story continues below ↓
advertisement | your ad here

All three will be suspended from the university and team, Herbst said. The woman was said to be an acquaintance of Ashbourne and Harris.

University police are investigating with the district attorney’s office, but Herbst said there are no other suspects.

Albany competes in Division I-AA in the Northeast Conference and is to play St. Francis in a homecoming game this weekend. Guadagno is a tailback while Ashbourne is a cornerback and Harris a receiver.

© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Sponsored links