Jury Selection Scheduled for Former Penn State Wrestler Long

Jury selection is scheduled to start June 4 for former Penn State wrestler Andrew Long.

Long, 22, faces charges of felony attempted rape and aggravated indecent assault and charges of misdemeanor indecent assault stemming from an Aug. 12 incident.

According to police reports, Long attacked a 55-year-old woman at about 3 a.m., when she woke up to find that she had been involuntarily removed of her underwear and was being touched intimately by Long.

When the woman told him to stop, Long, who was wearing underwear only, swore at her and told her to shut up, according to court documents.

The woman grabbed some clothes and her cell phone, fled the home she had been staying in and called police.

Prior to ‘a short conversation’ earlier in the day at the house in which she was attacked, the woman told police she had never met Long.

Formerly a wrestler at Iowa State, where he was the NCAA 125 pound runner-up in 2010, Long was dismissed from the team following two alcohol-related arrests over two years.

He transferred to Penn State in December 2010, where he joined coach Cael Sanderson, who had recruited him at Iowa State.

During his time with the Nittany Lions, Long finished third at 133 pounds in the NCAA championships and was a Big Ten champion.

He left Penn State in August after charges were filed.

In February, Long was cited for his third alcohol-related incident in Ames, Iowa. He was charged with public intoxication, serious assault, simple assault and interference with official acts.

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