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Date of warrant. Arrest happened later in the week on an unspecified date. His correct age is 19.
Benjamin Dennis Kai Smyth, 18, of Saanichton, British Columbia, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with rape and forcible sodomy, first-degree felonies; and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.
Smyth was a member of the U.'s diving team and was on scholarship at the time of the assault, according to charging documents.
The 19-year-old Division I scholarship diver visited the unnamed woman in her dorm room after learning her roommates weren’t home, court documents allege.
The victim rejected all of Smyth’s repeated alleged attempts to sexually engage with her — including a suggestion of his to play “truth or dare.”
Eventually, Smyth allegedly pushed the young woman down to the floor as she cried “no,” that she “did not want to do that” and expressed pain.
The woman reported the crime in February, resulting in the immediate expulsion of Smyth from the university’s diving team — just two weeks before the team’s Division I championship meet.
SALT LAKE CITY — An arrest warrant has been issued for a student-athlete at the University of Utah who allegedly kept a list of the women he had sex with, and who police say fled the country after he learned he was the subject of a rape investigation.
University of Utah student-athlete charged with rape
A member of the University of Utah dive team has been charged with raping a woman last fall and then returning to Canada after he learned he was being investigated.www.ksl.com
Benjamin Dennis Kai Smyth, 18, of Saanichton, British Columbia, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with rape and forcible sodomy, first-degree felonies; and forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony.
Smyth was a member of the U.'s diving team and was on scholarship at the time of the assault, according to charging documents.
Smyth is accused of forcing himself on a fellow student the night he met her in August 2022.
University of Utah diver accused of rape nabbed after fleeing country
The University of Utah student-athlete who fled to Canada after he was accused of rape was nabbed by authorities after re-entering the country, prosecutors said.nypost.com
The 19-year-old Division I scholarship diver visited the unnamed woman in her dorm room after learning her roommates weren’t home, court documents allege.
The victim rejected all of Smyth’s repeated alleged attempts to sexually engage with her — including a suggestion of his to play “truth or dare.”
Eventually, Smyth allegedly pushed the young woman down to the floor as she cried “no,” that she “did not want to do that” and expressed pain.
The woman reported the crime in February, resulting in the immediate expulsion of Smyth from the university’s diving team — just two weeks before the team’s Division I championship meet.
