Amir Riep, Jahsen Wint: Bond set for OSU football players accused of rape

Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint, both 21, appeared before Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Cynthia Ebner on Thursday morning.

Ebner set bond during the first court appearances for the two former Ohio State University football players accused of raping a 19-year-old woman.

Ebner set bond at $100,000 for Riep, a Colerain High School graduate, and at $75,000 for Wint and ordered both have no contact with the victim or each other. Ebner also told both men they were to make no comments on social media regarding the victim.

Riep and Wint were arrested overnight Tuesday after warrants were filed for charges of rape and kidnapping. According to court records and Columbus police, the 19-year-old female victim had been hanging out with Riep on Feb. 4 in an apartment Riep and Wint shared on the Northwest Side.

The woman and Riep had begun to engage in a consensual sexual encounter but she stopped, moved away and said she did not want to continue.

Wint then entered the room and asked if he could join. An affidavit filed by police accused Wint of grabbing the woman by the neck, forcing her on her hands and knees and raping her. Riep then held her in place by the hips and with his body, while Wint forced her to perform oral sex, police said. The woman pushed Wint away, but he forced her again to have oral sex, the affidavit states.

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After the incident, Riep told the woman that she needed to say it was consensual in a video recording.

Riep then recorded her asking if he wanted her face on the video, since she was crying. “And he told her ‘no, just say it was consensual’ on video recording while laughing at her,” the affidavit said.

After telling her she needed to take a shower, Riep then drove the woman home. The woman reported the incident to police less than three hours after it occurred, according to the police report.

During Thursday’s court hearing, officials said the video recording has been recovered by police.

The victim was in court Thursday for the pair’s initial appearance.

Riep, who is from the Cincinnati area, and Wint, from Brooklyn, were junior backup defensive backs on Ohio State’s 2019 team. Riep had two interceptions last season. With Shaun Wade the only returning starter in the secondary, both Riep and Wint were expected to be in the mix for starting jobs in 2020.

Following the pair’s arrest, coach Ryan Day dismissed both players from the team on Wednesday saying in part they had failed to live up to the standards of Day and the program.

Attorneys for both men have said they have been wrongly accused and maintain their innocence.

During Wint’s court appearance, Samuel Shamansky, Wint’s attorney, said Wint has consented to a DNA swab in the case and answered questions from police.

“There was absolutely no crime committed,” Shamansky said.

The cases will next be heard by a grand jury for potential indictment.

This report is from The Columbus Dispatch, part of the USAToday network.