ORLANDO, Fla. — An Oak Ridge High School basketball player was arrested without bail and is facing sexual battery and false imprisonment charges, Orange County jail records show.
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Emmitt Williams, 19, was arrested Wednesday after a woman told investigators she’d invited him to her apartment last week when he assaulted her, according to an arrest warrant.
She said when she tried to leave her apartment to pick up a friend, Williams wouldn’t let her go and forced himself upon her, the arrest warrant says.
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The arrest warrant says Williams admitted in a text conversation to forcing himself upon the victim. The text conversation happened in the presence of investigators.
Channel 9's Michael Lopardi will have more on this developing story on Eyewitness News starting at 4.
NEW: Oak Ridge High School basketball player Emmitt Williams, 19, has been arrested on charges of sex battery and false imprisonment #WFTV pic.twitter.com/TW7P4w6m9a
— Michael Lopardi (@MLopardiWFTV) October 19, 2017
MORE: documents say Williams had sex with a woman in the Baldwin Park area last week even after she said no and tried to push him off #WFTV
— Michael Lopardi (@MLopardiWFTV) October 19, 2017
MORE: police say in a text message Williams acknowledged the victim said "no" but ignored her and continued #WFTV
— Michael Lopardi (@MLopardiWFTV) October 19, 2017
ALSO: Williams is behind held on no bond on the sexual battery charge. He was booked into the Orange County jail early Wednesday #WFTV
— Michael Lopardi (@MLopardiWFTV) October 19, 2017
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