Ex-Leander High School Football Fighting Sexual Assault Charges Freed On Bail

LEANDER, TX — Law enforcement officials released Greg Kelley — the former Leander High School football player now fighting a 2014 conviction of super aggravated assault of a child — on probation Tuesday afternoon.

Williamson County Jail officials made the announcement in a press release. Kelley, 22, was released at around 3 p.m., reportedly met by friends and loved ones welcoming him back into society. It was his first day of freedom in three years since being charged with molesting a 4-year-old at home cay care facility operated by his mother in 2013.

By the following year, Kelley was convicted and sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment. But information emerged later clearing Kelley and pointing to another suspect. Calling for a new trial, Kelley's attorneys have since blamed the Cedar Park Police Department for a sloppy investigation and his former lawyers of inadequate representation.

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Despite that new information, Kelley remains a suspect. The Austin American-Statesman reported details of a recent search warrant that raised new questions about Kelley's possible involvement in the case. The Texas Rangers uncovered evidence that Kelley routinely viewed pornography of a deviant nature, spent time alone with the day care's children stretching for hours at a time and once took a selfie with the victim, according to the report.

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