As the FIU football team prepares for its first game of season against Maryland this Friday, the Panthers once again find themselves dealing with another player having trouble with the law.
Jakhari Gore, who transferred from Louisiana State University, was arrested late Sunday night, Aug. 25 on charges of robbery by sudden snatching and false imprisonment, according to an FIU police report.
The incident started late Friday night, Aug. 23rd approximately at 11:23 p.m. when the victim came to FIU to visit Gore. It started out as a verbal altercation outside of the University Park Towers.
The report said that Gore snatched the keys from the victim, preventing her from leaving. Gore then began walking away from the victim and convinced the victim to follow him up to his dorm. Once inside, the victim stated that Gore grabbed her forcibly behind her head in an attempt to have her perform oral sex.
The report goes on to say that the victim then pushed Gore away but was still held in Gore’s dorm room against her will. The victim then followed Gore back downstairs thinking that she would retrieve her keys. Gore then took control of the victims vehicle and drove away with the victim inside.
Gore was then transported to the FIU police station for questioning on Sunday Aug. 25th, according to FIU police. No facts were stated for Saturday, Aug. 26th in the police report.
Gore is the second running back to be arrested this season. The first being Kedrick Rhodes who was kicked off the team after being arrested in July. Head Coach Ron Turner now has to deal with losing both his starting running backs in less than two months.
The Panthers are now left with five running backs left on their roster that include two juniors, Talir Satterfield-Rowe and Anthon Samuel, two freshman, Alfonso Randolph and Silas Spearman III, and one redshirt sophomore, Shane Coleman.
In a statement, Turner said Gore was released by the team and would not comment further.
Gore’s only response the whole situation was short and simple.
“I will give my side of the story to the judge and my attorney,” said Gore according to the police report.
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