A judge has ruled that the four Bixby football players accused of rape will be tried in the juvenile system.
A judge will make a decision by Monday, September 10th, whether four Bixby football players accused of sexually assaulting a teammate will be tried as as adults or sent to the juvenile system for treatment.
A judge ordered four Bixby football players to stand trial for the rape of a teammate.
The Bixby High School students charged with rape will be in court Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.
A preliminary hearing for four Bixby football players accused of sexually assaulting a teammate has been set for July.
Attorneys for the Bixby football players charged with rape want a judge to give them the phones of a police detective and two assistant prosecutors.
One day earlier than their scheduled court appearance, the four Bixby football players charged with rape pleaded not guilty.
The attorneys said the boys shouldn't be charged with rape because it wasn't a rape, just part of a prankish, roughhousing culture on the football team.
Four Bixby football players accused of sexually assaulting a fellow teammate were booked into the Tulsa County jail overnight and records show all four have already bonded out.
Rogers County District Attorney Matt Ballard filed felony charges against four people in the investigation into allegations that a Bixby football player was sexually assaulted by four teammates last fall.
