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Former Wayne Hills QB Kevin Olsen Charged With Rape, Cyberstalking: Police
He was an All-American in high school, but has had legal troubles ever since his senior year of high school.
WAYNE, N.J. — Former Wayne Hills star quarterback Kevin Olsen was arrested Sunday on rape charges.
Olsen, a quarterback at UNC Charlotte, was charged with three counts of forcible rape, cyberstalking and assault on a female, information from the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department's website. His brother is all-pro Carolina Panther tight end Greg Olsen.
It is the latest legal trouble for the 22-year-old quarterback who has been in and out of trouble since he was a senior at Wayne Hills High School.
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The university announced Sunday that Olsen has been suspended from and that administrators have been in close communication with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
The school said the allegations in the incident, which "appear to involve sexual assault within an existing relationship" and that the incident "occurred a week after a separate, unrelated case of alleged on-campus sexual assault involving acquaintances."
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The school is reviewing the case consistent with its disciplinary procedures.
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Olsen was a four-star recruit and an All-American when he played for his father Chris at Hills, but his tenure at the school ended badly and he has been in trouble ever since. Chris Olsen won eight state group championships while at Hills, but left the program in disgrace after nine players were charged with assaulting two Wayne Valley football players.
Olsen was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after he smashed his car into two vehicles and a tree in Wayne May 25, 2013. A police report on the incident stated that Olsen’s face appeared to have blood on it and that he “appeared to be under the influence of something.”
Olsen was expected to do great things at the University of Miami, Greg's alma mater, but he was suspended three times for violating team rules, demoted and left the school in 2014 after being charged with DUI.
He transferred to Towson University in Maryland, but was kicked off the team for violating team rules.
Olsen transferred to Riverside City College in California and passed for 13 touchdowns. That earned him the starting job at UNC Charlotte.
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Kevin Olsen mugshot — Mecklenburg County Sheriff/background image via Shutterstock
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