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Report: Ray McDonald accuser claims teammate also assaulted her

By  David Just
   
SHARE Report: Ray McDonald accuser claims teammate also assaulted her

The woman who accused new Bears signee Ray McDonald of sexual assault is now accusing San Francisco 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks of assaulting her the same night, according to a TMZ report.

The woman told police in December that she became unconscious after hitting her head near McDonald’s swimming pool, then woke up naked in his bed with no recollection of a sexual encounter.

She now says Brooks “groped her in a sexual manner” before McDonald carried her off to bed, and she believes there is video evidence to prove it.

Here’s more from TMZ:

According to the docs, obtained by TMZ Sports, the woman says on December 14th, 2014 she was at McDonald’s home and slipped and fell on the deck around his swimming pool, knocking herself unconscious for more than 8 minutes. While she was blacked out, the woman claims the video will show McDonald’s friend Brooks groped her person in a sexual manner. She claims McDonald then carried her up to his bedroom where he had sex with her … without her consent. The woman is going after McDonald for assault and battery, false imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress. Ditto for Brooks.

McDonald was involved in two separate legal incidents last year. He was not punished by the NFL for the first, which involved a domestic violence incident. The NFL is still investigating the sexual assault.

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