Students indicted in cheerleader rape case
KOUNTZE, TX
The indictments charge 18-year-old Silsbee player Rakheem Jamal
Bolton and 19-year-old former player Christian Paul Rountree on
single counts of sexual assault of a child. Rountree has since
graduated. Bonds of $250,000 were set for each, but a Hardin County
Jail official says neither was in custody as of Tuesday afternoon.
The alleged attack came at a post-game party in October 2008.
If convicted, each could be sentenced to two to 20 years in
prison. The indictments come from the second Hardin County grand
jury to review the case. A previous grand jury declined to indict
in January.
