Jury convicts former athlete of rape

GEORGETOWN, Del. (AP) — The latest from the trial of a former college athlete accused of rape (all times are local):

2:10 p.m.

A former University of Delaware baseball player has been convicted of raping a woman he met online.

After ten days of testimony and arguments, the jury found 23-year-old Clay Conaway guilty on Friday.

A 21-year-old woman told authorities that Conaway raped her after she drove to his home in June 2018. The encounter occurred three weeks after the two met on the online dating site Bumble and he sent her a nude photo of himself.

She is one of six women Conaway is accused of sexually abusing between 2013 and 2018. A judge ordered separate trials for each accuser.

Prosecutors said the woman objected when the consensual cuddling escalated to the point where Conway forced himself on her.

The defense criticized the woman’s contradictory statements and memory lapses and said she may have regretted the physical intimacy.

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Jury deliberations are underway in the rape trial of a former University of Delaware baseball player accused of multiple counts of sexual assault.

After ten days of testimony and arguments, jurors began deliberating the fate of 23-year-old Clay Conaway on Friday.

A 21-year-old woman claims Conaway raped her after she drove to his home in June 2018. The encounter occurred three weeks after the two met on the online dating site Bumble and he sent her a nude photo of himself.

She is one of six women Conaway is alleged to have sexually abused between 2013 and 2018.

Prosecutors say the woman objected when the consensual cuddling escalated to the point where Conway forced himself on her.

The defense attorneys point to the woman’s contradictory statements and memory lapses and say that she may have regretted the physical intimacy.