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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Woman, 18, hit with charges after cops say she falsely accused two Connecticut college football players of rape </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Nikki Yovino claimed she was pulled into a bathroom by two Sacred Heart students during a football party in Bridgeport</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Yovino recanted when a student testified overhearing her telling the two accused men that she wanted to have sex with them</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>She admitted that she made up the allegation of sexual assault because it was the first thing that came to mind</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>She also didn’t want to lose [another male student] as a friend and potential boyfriend</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>Yovino was charged with falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1a0101;"><strong>her accusations cost the two men their college admission, their scholarships, and place on the football team</strong></span></h6>
<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-145559" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nikki-yovino2.jpg" alt="Nikki Yovino2.jpg" width="1024" height="680" /><strong> Nikki Yovino falsely accused two football players of raping her because she didn&#8217;t want to lose another student who she was fancying</strong></h6>
<p>An 18-year-old woman from New York was hit with charges after authorities say she falsely accused two Connecticut football players of rape.Nikki Yovino had claimed she was pulled into a bathroom by two Sacred Heart students during a football party in Bridgeport.<br />
However, a student overheard Yovino telling the two of them that she wanted to have sex with them, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the newspaper.</p>
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<article id="ra-body">When pressed by cops, she said she lied because of her potential interest in another man, according to authorities.<br />
&#8220;She admitted that she made up the allegation of sexual assault against [the football players] because it was the first thing that came to mind and she didn’t want to lose [another male student] as a friend and potential boyfriend,&#8221; read the affidavit obtained by the newspaper. &#8220;She stated that she believed when [the other male student] heard the allegation it would make him angry and sympathetic to her.&#8221;<br />
Yovino, who is from South Setauket, N.Y., was charged with falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.</p>
<h6><strong><img class="" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/nikki-yovino3.jpeg" alt=" Nikki Yovino3.jpeg" width="661" height="661" /> Nikki Yovino was charged with falsely reported rape off an encounter she solicited She is charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence</strong></h6>
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<p>The <a href="http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Police-Football-players-falsely-accused-of-rape-10950934.php" target="_blank"> Connecticut Post</a> quotes Yovino&#8217; attorney, Mark Sherman as saying in a statement that he expects his client to plead not guilty at her arraignment on March 3. He said he has not been provided the police reports and video footage.<br />
&#8220;The details of what happened here will come out at the appropriate time during the court process,&#8221; he said in the statement.<br />
One of the football players has now been allowed readmission to the school without his scholarship, according to the Connecticut Post. He is no longer on the team.</p>
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18-year-old Nikki Yovino, hit with charges after admitting she falsely accused two Connecticut college football players of rape
