The University of Louisville has concluded there is enough evidence to find that football player Kemari Averett raped a woman at his apartment on Aug. 14, and has suspended him from school and banned him from campus for two years.

The alleged rape was one of four conduct violations that the hearing panel found Averett committed, according to documents obtained Friday by the Courier Journal.

Averett was notified of the findings and of his suspension in a Nov. 21 letter. He is eligible to return to school after June 1, 2021, with some restrictions, but is permanently banned from campus housing.

"Based on a preponderance of information standard, there was sufficient information to indicate that you are responsible for this charge of non-consensual sexual intercourse on August 14, 2018," the letter states in reference to an allegation of "sexually abusive contact."

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Averett has until Dec. 7 to appeal the ruling. He declined to talk when reached by phone on Friday. His lawyer, Aubrey Williams, told the Courier Journal he plans to appeal.

Williams said he plans to sue the university, claiming Averett's constitutional rights were violated during a Nov. 12 conduct hearing, which he called "disgusting and appalling."

"They made a ruling after a star chamber, roast, ridiculous, shameful, criminal performance of what they call a due process hearing," Williams said.

A university spokesman declined to respond to a request for comment.

The University of Louisville Police Department investigation of the alleged rape is ongoing. As of Friday, no criminal charges had been brought against Averett, who has denied the allegations. The Courier Journal does not typically identify sexual assault victims.

The Courier Journal reported in October that a 20-year-old female student had filed a rape complaint against Averett on Oct. 9, alleging that he raped her in August. The university's dean of students office was also investigating the allegations. A no-contact order was issued to Averett and the woman on Oct. 8, five days before Averett played in Louisville's road game against Boston College.

It remains unclear why the no-contact order preceded the police report.

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Averett was suspended from the team indefinitely on Oct. 16, after he was arrested following a separate, gun-related incident. He was later kicked out of his apartment and deemed "persona non grata," barring him from the campus. Williams said Averett has been living in Atlanta and Detroit since then.

A university spokesman said Averett was still enrolled in online courses for the fall semester as of Friday afternoon. A Louisville football spokesman said he remains suspended from the team.

Alleged victim describes incident

Averett's accuser told police she went to his home at the off-campus Clubhouse Apartments at 4 a.m., according to university records obtained by the Courier Journal.

While she was at work the previous night, she noticed Averett was posting "sad things" on Snapchat that hinted of suicidal thoughts, she told university officials. They talked before she went to the apartment. Once there, she fell asleep in his bed with her clothes on.

She told campus police that about three hours later, she was overpowered, pinned down and raped by Averett. She said she told him "no" at least three times.

“I told him very firmly that I didn’t come there to have sex with him,” she told authorities, adding that Averett persisted. She said she continued "to tell him no and to stop."

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She said that after the rape he showered and then threatened her, saying that they were going to have sex again.

After she refused, Averett kicked her out of his apartment, she told police.

She reported the incident later that day at an on-campus sexual assault crisis center and was examined by a certified sexual assault nurse who prepared a rape evidence kit, records show.

The university opened a case and issued an Oct. 8 no-contact order between the woman and Averett. The order barred “direct personal contact, phone or other electronic communication, and contact through others.”

Averett previously told the Courier Journal he had a prior relationship with the accuser but did not have sex with her that August morning and had not been in contact with her for "about four months."

At the time of the alleged rape, "I was at practice," Averett said. "I was at the football stadium at 7 o'clock."

Aug. 14 was a "scheduled off day for the players," the U of L Athletic Department said at the time. However, that does not preclude players from working out at football facilities.

Williams said Averett maintains his innocence but was confused about the dates.

The hearing board determined Averett violated the student code of conduct by causing physical harm to a person; disrupting university-sponsored activities; violating government laws or ordinances; and engaging in nonconsensual intercourse. Assistant Dean of Students Angela Taylor affirmed the recommendations.

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If Averett does return to school, he can only do so after meeting specific requirements, including psychological testing and a treatment plan, according to the letter. He will remain on conduct probation as long as he is enrolled.

Court records also show Averett's accuser filed a temporary interpersonal protective order against Averett on Wednesday. A hearing is scheduled for that on Dec. 6.

Averett faces criminal charges in a separate incident. On Oct. 15 he was arrested outside his apartment after campus police said he held a gun to a different woman’s head and threatened to kill her.

Averett was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment and fourth-degree assault. However, the wanton endangerment charge, a felony, has been amended to a second-degree charge, which is a misdemeanor. If convicted, he could face up to a year in jail and a $500 fine.

Averett pleaded not guilty. A jury trial is scheduled for Feb. 27, 2019.

Court records show the woman Averett allegedly threatened with the gun was granted a restraining order against him on Oct. 18, but it has since expired.

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Averett, a native of Atlanta, was in trouble with the law before he joined the Louisville program in 2017.

In 2014, he was accused of using a gun to steal a cellphone in Atlanta. He spent three months in a regional youth detention center and nine days in jail. Then 17, Averett pleaded guilty to lesser charges of disorderly conduct and possession of a handgun.

Court records from Georgia show that Averett was on probation for those charges until Sept. 19 of this year.

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