Three more Minnesota players were handed restraining orders Friday bringing the total to five players who will not be allowed to play Saturday’s homecoming game against Rutgers, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported.
KiAnte Hardin, Ray Buford and Dior Johnson were served orders from a district court judge stemming from an alleged sexual assault incident Sept. 2. Teammates Carlton Djam and Tamarion Johnson were handed similar orders earlier this week. None of the players have been arrested or charged with crimes.
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Hardin is a starting cornerback, while Buford is part of the Minnesota nickel package.
The alleged victim of the incident seven weeks ago asked the court to keep the five players away from TCF Bank Stadium, as well as her apartment, for two years. According to the restraining order, the alleged victim, who works in stadium operations, “has disrupted sleep” and “does not feel safe in (her) apartment building or on campus.”
The university commented earlier this week and said it “will honor and comply with court orders,” while the attorney for the players said: “What we are going to do is aggressively defend this action. We are going to go on the offensive to show she only used the courts to destroy my clients’ lives.”