Jaborian McKenzie took the stand on Tuesday in a rape trial involving former Vanderbilt players and said his teammate was "amped" that he had an unconscious woman in his dorm room.
Jaborian McKenzie said then-teammate Brandon Vandenburg passed out condoms encouraging others and was excited that there was the woman lying on the floor of his dorm room. Cory Batey and Vandenburg are charged with the rape of an unconscious student in June of 2013. McKenzie and Brandon Banks are also charged, but their cases are being heard at a later date.
"He was like amped, demanding," McKenzie told jurors of Vandenburg's demeanor. "He was hyper, like he was coaching us to do whatever."
McKenzie testified that Vandenburg even tried to wake up his roommate, who was sleeping on the top bunk in a dorm room, to participate.
The roommate never got up, but McKenzie testified how his two best friends violated the female student. He said the alleged attack ended with Cory Batey urinating on the woman.
According to the AP, defense attorneys have told jurors that McKenzie, who was questioned about changing his story in cross-examnination, and Banks are testifying in the hopes of a deal involving lesser charges.
McKenzie said he and Batey and Banks were good friends and barely knew Vandenburg, who said he needed help carrying his date to his room. He also said he didn't touch the woman but he took pictures of her.
McKenzie briefly played for Alcorn State at the beginning of the 2013 season after being dismissed from Vanderbilt. All four players were dismissed after the alleged incident.
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