Brian Downing, the Alabama fan accused of sexual assault and obscenity for an incident following the BCS National Championship Game in January, will begin his trial on Tuesday in Orleans Parish, according to a

. Downing was seen in an internet video placing his genitals on an unconscious LSU fan in an act known as "teabagging."

Downing, 33, could face as much as 10 years in prison if convicted on the battery count.

While Downing's attorneys refuse to concede that he is the perpetrator depicted in a YouTube video of the incident inside the Krystal Burger restaurant on Bourbon Street, his identification is unlikely to come into serious question. Downing's cousin, Heath Taylor, the sheriff of Russell County, Ala., said earlier this year that he watched the video, then called Downing's father and encouraged him to have Downing turn himself over to authorities.

While Downing's attorneys plan to contend that the act depicted in the video is not a sex crime, some legal experts contend that the letter of the law in Louisiana may state otherwise.

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