A Brigham Young University star football player was arrested in connection with an alleged assault that happened last year in Utah, prosecutors said.
Parker Trent Kingston, 21, was charged with first-degree felony rape, the Washington County Attorney’s Office said in a news release Wednesday. He is being held without bail in Washington County, in southwest Utah, and is scheduled to make his first appearance in court Friday.
The county attorney's office said a 20-year-old woman reported to police at St. George’s Regional Hospital that she was sexually assaulted on Feb. 23, 2025.
Attorney information was not listed for Kingston, and his family did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
"The Washington County Attorney’s Office takes allegations of sexual assault seriously," the release says. "We thank the medical professionals and law enforcement officers who assisted with this investigation for their partnership and professionalism."
The woman told a forensic interviewer with the county attorney’s office that she had met up with Kingston but set clear boundaries with him and told him that she did not want to have sex, court documents say.
The woman said they watched a movie together at her home and engaged “in some sexual activity, however that did not include intercourse,” the documents say. The woman said that she left the room to get ready for bed and that when she returned, Kingston “initiated sexual activity again” despite her having told him to stop and trying to push him off of her, it says. The court filing alleges that Kingston raped the woman.
Kingston said in an interview that it was consensual, the document says. Investigators said that based on communications from his cellphone after the incident, “it can be inferred that he went to her apartment with the intention of having sexual intercourse,” the filing says.
Kingston is a star wide receiver for Brigham Young University, NBC affiliate KSL of Salt Lake City reported.
A spokesperson for the university said in a statement that it learned of the incident Wednesday.
"The university takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment," the spokesperson said.
