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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, March 20, 2009

UH football player indicted in sex assault

By Curtis Lum
Advertiser Staff Writer

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Jopierre Davis

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An O'ahu grand jury has indicted a 21-year-old University of Hawai'i football player on burglary, sexual assault and assault charges in connection with two incidents involving a UH student last September and again in January.

Jopierre Davis is charged with one count of first-degree burglary, second-degree sexual assault, two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault and one count each of third-degree assault and third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug.

Bail for Davis, who has been free on bail since he was arrested in February, was set at $200,000.

A bench warrant has been issued for his arrest.

Davis, a senior cornerback for the Warriors, is accused of showing up uninvited at the dorm room of a 20-year-old student on Sept. 28 and refusing to leave. Once in the room, police said, he squeezed the woman's buttocks and later that night and into the next morning is accused of sexually assaulting her as she slept.

On Jan. 18, the woman and some friends went to the Zanzabar Nightclub in Waikiki and while she was on the dance floor she felt someone squeezing her rear end, according to court documents. The woman told police she turned and saw Davis.

The woman said she slapped Davis, who in turn punched her, knocking her out.

An employee of the club tried to intervene, but he was punched by Davis, according to court documents.

Davis was arrested Feb. 12 on the UH campus. While he was being searched, police said they recovered what was believed to be marijuana in his possession.

Davis, a scholarship player from San Francisco, has a year of playing eligibility remaining. He was suspended from the team pending the outcome of an investigation.

Reach Curtis Lum at culum@honoluluadvertiser.com.