TU's Damaris Johnson Appears In Court On Embezzlement Charge

Russell Hulstine, NewsOn6.com

TULSA, Oklahoma -- A former University of Tulsa star football player and his girlfriend made an appearance in a Tulsa County courtroom on Thursday.

Damaris Johnson and Chamon Jones are charged with one count each of embezzlement.

The couple is accused of embezzling more than $2,600 in merchandise from a store inside Tulsa's Promenade Mall in late August.

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Johnson was indefinitely suspended from the Golden Hurricane in late August.

Both Jones and Johnson remain free on bond with their next court appearance set for October 13, 2011.