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08-04-2007, 07:46 AM
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Three football players punished
Athletes suspended from team over allegations of brawling
By Laura-Claire Corson, Camera Staff Writer
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Three University of Colorado football players have been suspended from the team because of allegations of brawling, said sports information director Dave Plati.
Michael Sipili, 19, a sophomore inside linebacker from Hawaii who started in two games last season, has been indefinitely suspended from the team after his arrest this week in connection with a June fight, Plati said Friday.
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Chris Perri, 20, a sophomore defensive tackle, has been suspended for the first three games of the season after his alleged role in the same June brawl as well as a July arrest after police said he fought with another CU football player, Taj Kaynor.
Kaynor, a 21-year-old defensive tackle, has been suspended for one game.
Sipili was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree assault and criminal mischief. He is out of jail on bond.
He is accused of tackling and punching 22-year-old CU student John Antrim numerous times in the early hours of June 16 after Antrim attempted to help friend James Terry, who was brawling with Sipili’s friend Perri, according to a police report.
Antrim suffered three facial fractures that required surgery in late June, the report said. He said he’s seeking the advice of a lawyer and wouldn’t comment.
Sipili and his attorney, Lou Rubino, could not be reached for comment Friday.
The investigation took nearly seven weeks because Boulder police had to conduct numerous interviews, the report said.
A female friend who was with Antrim on June 16 said Sipili was “not the first to throw a punch, but definitely not the last,” the report said.
According to the report, Antrim was walking home from Cosmo’s Pizza with Terry and three female friends near 11th about 12:45 a.m. when they passed a group of males, the report said.
One of the women confronted Perri after he said something that offended her, she told police.
That led to the confrontation between Perri and Terry, police said.
Perri did not return a phone message left by the Camera.
Sipili earned honorable mention Freshman All-America honors by The Sporting News last season, and he would have entered the fall as the top middle inside linebacker, according to the CU athletic Web site.
Three football players punished
Athletes suspended from team over allegations of brawling
By Laura-Claire Corson, Camera Staff Writer
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Three University of Colorado football players have been suspended from the team because of allegations of brawling, said sports information director Dave Plati.
Michael Sipili, 19, a sophomore inside linebacker from Hawaii who started in two games last season, has been indefinitely suspended from the team after his arrest this week in connection with a June fight, Plati said Friday.
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Chris Perri, 20, a sophomore defensive tackle, has been suspended for the first three games of the season after his alleged role in the same June brawl as well as a July arrest after police said he fought with another CU football player, Taj Kaynor.
Kaynor, a 21-year-old defensive tackle, has been suspended for one game.
Sipili was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of second-degree assault and criminal mischief. He is out of jail on bond.
He is accused of tackling and punching 22-year-old CU student John Antrim numerous times in the early hours of June 16 after Antrim attempted to help friend James Terry, who was brawling with Sipili’s friend Perri, according to a police report.
Antrim suffered three facial fractures that required surgery in late June, the report said. He said he’s seeking the advice of a lawyer and wouldn’t comment.
Sipili and his attorney, Lou Rubino, could not be reached for comment Friday.
The investigation took nearly seven weeks because Boulder police had to conduct numerous interviews, the report said.
A female friend who was with Antrim on June 16 said Sipili was “not the first to throw a punch, but definitely not the last,” the report said.
According to the report, Antrim was walking home from Cosmo’s Pizza with Terry and three female friends near 11th about 12:45 a.m. when they passed a group of males, the report said.
One of the women confronted Perri after he said something that offended her, she told police.
That led to the confrontation between Perri and Terry, police said.
Perri did not return a phone message left by the Camera.
Sipili earned honorable mention Freshman All-America honors by The Sporting News last season, and he would have entered the fall as the top middle inside linebacker, according to the CU athletic Web site.