Felony charges against 2018 5-star recruit Emmitt Williams are dismissed

Posted Dec 27, 2017
Felony sexual battery and false imprisonment charges against five-star basketball recruit Emmitt Williams were dismissed Wednesday. Williams was arrested in October after a female friend, whose name was redacted, told police in Orange County, Florida, that Williams held her in her apartment against her will and then had sex with her despite her attempts to stop him. (ESPN.com)

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