Landon Rice’s attorneys claim a grand jury declined to indict former Auburn TE

The attorneys representing Landon Rice have claimed in a media statement that a Lee County grand jury declined to indict Auburn football player accused of rape.

Rice’s attorneys Augusta S. Dowd and Kelly Brennan, sent out a statement Thursday afternoon saying Rice, who left the Auburn football program for "personal reasons" last September, “has never been arrested or charged with any crime”.

“On April 12, 2017, a Lee County grand jury decided there was not sufficient evidence to support any charge against Landon Rice,” Dowd and Brennan’s statement reads. “The members of the grand jury were presented with facts and heard the testimony of both Landon and his accuser.  It is correct that Landon passed a lie detector test shortly after the allegations were made.  Landon Rice has never been arrested or charged with any crime.”

According to social media posts, Rice is currently enrolled at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Perkinston, Mississippi and has been working out with the football team but MGCC officials have not updated the 2017 spring roster.

“Landon is glad that this matter is behind him,” Dowd & Brennan’s statement reads. “He is currently considering opportunities to play football with Division I schools.”

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Shortly after he was a made the subject of a Title IX investigation by Auburn University athletics officials, the Montgomery Advertiser learned Rice apologized to the young woman accusing him of rape in a series of text messages released by the accuser’s attorney.

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In multiple text messages released to the Montgomery Advertiser by attorney Jeff Herman, Rice apologizes to the 19-year-old woman despite she repeatedly telling Rice to discontinue any contact immediately. According to the released text messages, the young woman began a text conversation with Rice just six days after she claims to have been raped by the former Auburn tight end.

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The woman accusing Landon Rice of rape withdrew the protective order request against the former Auburn football player a few weeks after the accuser’s attorney released the text messages to the media.

Rice’s brother, Logan, is still currently a walk-on wide receiver on the Auburn football roster.