![]() ![]() Riep testified he told one of the women before recording, "I’m on the football team and this is something that we just are taught to do to protect ourselves. ![]() In the four videos, the women are clothed or not on camera and agree when Riep asks if what they did was consensual. Sabol, Riep’s defense attorney, played four short videos in court on Wednesday which he said show instances from 20 when Riep recorded women after sex. Consent can be given by words or actions, as long as those words or actions create mutually understandable clear permission regarding willingness to engage in (and the conditions of) sexual activity.'" ![]() Silence, in and of itself, cannot be interpreted as consent. "You’ll see that page one of the policy defines consent as, 'permission that is clear, knowing, voluntary, and expressed prior to engaging in and during an act. Wednesday afternoon, Emig sent a statement to The Dispatch by email: "In general, when the Department of Athletics speaks with student-athletes about consent, we work closely with subject matter experts on campus and follow the university’s well established Non-Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual Misconduct Policy." Ohio State football team spokesman Jerry Emig initially declined to comment Wednesday to The Dispatch on whether university staff has ever instructed athletes about getting a video record or other evidence of consent from their sexual partners. Riep and McFarquhar, who just finished his fifth season with the team, did not testify who on the Buckeyes staff told them or other Ohio State players to do this. Riep and a witness, Lloyd McFarquhar, another former Ohio State football player who played defensive back and on special teams, testified Wednesday during the trial that players were told to get evidence that their sexual partners consented to protect themselves from any possible future issues. More: Cellphone video at center of rape trial of two former Ohio State football players ![]()
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