Cheerleader Rape Charges Rock Texas HS

Three Silsbee High School football players have been charged with raping a cheerleader at a post-game party.

Christian Paul Roundtree, 18, Rakeem Bolton, 17, and a 16-year-old boy, whose name was not released because he is a minor, have been charged with sexually assaulting a child, the Beaumont Enterprise reported.

Roundtree and Bolton were both released on $100,000 bond late Monday. Information about the 16-year-old, who was taken to the Hardin County Juvenile Correction Center, was not immediately available.

The cheerleader and the suspects were at a house party early Saturday when the alleged assault occurred, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed by the Silsbee Police Department, reports The Beaumont Enterprise.

The girl told police that three males forced her into a room, held her down and sexually assaulted her, the affidavit states.

When others at the party tried to open the door, two of the males fled through a window of the one-story house, according to police. The third boy remained behind.

One of the suspects who fled left behind a pair of shorts, and later returned and made threats so he could retrieve them, the affidavit states. The police were called about 2:40 a.m., Police Chief Dennis Allen told the newspaper.

The cheerleader told police she was sexually assaulted and described three to four attackers, Allen said. Police are investigating whether alcohol was present at the party.

The alleged victim was taken to Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital, where doctors administered a rape kit, the newspaper reported. The kit will be sent to Texas Department of Public Safety, with results taking up to four months.

Bolton and the 16-year-old were arrested about 9:30 a.m. Monday at Silsbee High School, Allen said.

Roundtree was later arrested at his grandmother's Silsbee residence, he said.
A fourth male was a suspect but now is serving as a witness, Allen said.