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Three Virginia Commonwealth University soccer players have been charged with filming a nude minor without consent.

All three males charged are freshmen, according to VCU’s athletics Web page, and they have been suspended from the team, VCU spokeswoman Anne Buckley wrote in a brief statement.

“I think somebody was trying to play a prank on a suitemate, and what I hear is a young girl was filmed,” said John W. Luxton, a local criminal defense attorney representing defendant Donovan Thiago Arias, of Lorton.

According to online court records, the other suspects are Bobby Joe Hopper of Cumming, Ga., and Finnlay L. Wyatt of Midlothian.

All three are charged with a Class 6 felony, according to online court records. If convicted, the men could face up to five years in prison.

Luxton said the girl was 17 years old at the time, and the filming apparently happened inside a VCU dormitory.

“Certainly there was no intent to cause anybody embarrassment,” Luxton said. “It truly was guys who are living together for months, (practicing) together, studying together. You know, they pull pranks on each other, and somehow this young lady got caught up in the prank.”