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Second BU hockey player arrested for sexual assault

February 21, 2012 · Posted By: Pippa Gage

Boston University is reeling after another scandal involving the school’s hockey team was revealed over the weekend.

Star defenseman Max Nicastro was arrested early Sunday morning and has been charged with raping a female student. According to the school’s student news site BU Today, the alleged assault happened on campus.

Nicastro, a 2008 Detroit Red Wings draft pick, is the second BU hockey player in 10 weeks to be arrested on sexual assault charges. University police took Corey Trivino, the team’s leading scorer at the time, into custody in December and charged him with three counts of indecent assault and battery of a female student and one count of assault with attempt to rape.

Trivino, 21, pleaded not guilty to the charges in January and was kicked off the hockey team. Trivino is scheduled to be back in court on March 22.

Boston University Police took Nicastro into custody early on Sunday and he was then transferred to the Boston Police Department in Brighton, reports the Boston Globe.

The 21-year-old was initially held on $25,000 cash bail pending his arraignment on Tuesday. Nicastro pleaded not guilty and bail was set at $10,000. The Associated Press reports that Nicastro’s lawyer says no crime was committed.

BU athletic director Michael Lynch said that Nicastro has been suspended from the team pending the result of the investigation.

The Boston Globe reports that school officials are investigating whether the two incidents are disturbing coincidences or a much bigger problem with the hockey program.

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