Tag Archive for: Osa Masina

Suspended USC football player appears in court


Osa Masina, the sophomore linebacker suspended from USC in the midst of an investigation into sexual assault charges, made his first court appearance in Utah Friday and was ordered not to contact the alleged victim, according to the Associated Press. Neither he nor his lawyer objected to the order. Masina appeared with his lawyer, mother […]

Osa Masina charged with rape, two counts of forcible sodomy


Osa Masina, the suspended sophomore USC linebacker involved in multiple sexual assault investigations, has been charged with one count of first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree forcible sodomy, according to a police spokesman with the Cottonwood Heights Police Department in Utah. According to Masina’s attorney, Greg Skordas, Masina will surrender to police at the Salt Lake […]

Osa Masina removed from USC following suspension


Sophomore linebacker Osa Masina has been removed from USC, his attorney said on Tuesday. The announcement comes just hours after it was announced that Masina and teammate redshirt sophomore Don Hill were suspended from all football activities. The two reserves are being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department for sexual assault but have not […]

Don Hill sent home from Alabama game after suspension


Redshirt sophomore defensive end Don Hill was suspended and sent home a day before USC’s season opener against Alabama in Dallas for a “violation of team rules,” according to a USC spokesperson. Hill was mentioned in a TMZ report on Thursday detailed sophomore linebacker Osa Masina’s multiple alleged sexual assaults. TMZ, which obtained a copy of […]

Osa Masina should be indefinitely suspended


Former Stanford swimmer and convicted rapist Brock Turner is set to be released from prison Friday after a brief three-month stint behind bars for the sexual assault of an unconscious woman. The case, which jump-started a media firestorm calling for harsher sentences for convicted sexual predators, began an important discussion of  the double standard university […]