{"id":466549,"date":"2026-02-13T16:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466549\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T16:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T16:14:08","slug":"new-details-revealed-in-rape-allegations-against-arrested-byu-receiver-parker-kingston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/466549\/","title":{"rendered":"New details revealed in rape allegations against arrested BYU receiver Parker Kingston"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington County (Utah) Attorney\u2019s Office released Thursday the probable affidavit regarding the rape allegations against arrested BYU wide receiver Parker Kingston<\/a>, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n

A woman who accused Kingston of rape allegedly informed a forensic interviewer last June that she had told Kingston multiple times in online messages prior to meeting the 21-year-old wideout that she did not want to have sex with him, according to The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Authorities arrested Kingston on Tuesday, and the attorney\u2019s office said Wednesday it filed a first-degree felony rape charge against Kingston following an alleged occurrence on Feb. 23, 2025 in St. George, Utah.<\/p>\n

Kingston is claimed to have sexually assaulted the then-20-year-old woman, who later reported the purported actions to officers at St. George Regional Hospital, according to the attorney\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\"ABYU receiving Parker Kingston before a November 2025 game. ISI Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The woman stated in the affidavit, per the Athletic, that she \u201cset clear boundaries with Kingston prior to their meetup.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kingston allegedly came to her residence in the early hours of Feb. 23, 2025, and the pair \u201cbegan to engage in some sexual activity\u201d while watching a movie, although she specified it did not include sex, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n

When the receiver started to fall asleep, the woman claims she began preparing for bed only for Kingston to have \u201cinitiated sexual activity again.\u201d<\/p>\n

She says she told him to stop several times before he allegedly raped her.<\/p>\n

Kingston, according to the affidavit, told investigators that their actions had been consensual.<\/p>\n

The attorney\u2019s office ultimately took Kingston into custody and stated Wednesday he was being held without bail, with an initial court appearance set for Friday at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cDetectives with the St. George Police Department then gathered digital and forensic evidence,\u201d the attorney\u2019s office statement read<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey also conducted interviews with the parties involved and other witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

BYU released a statement Wednesday night acknowledging the situation.<\/p>\n

\"BYUKingston high-fives fans last November. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cBYU became aware today of the arrest of Parker Kingston,\u201d the school\u2019s athletic department said. \u201cThe university takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kingston, a redshirt junior from Layton, Utah, paced BYU in catches with 67 and receiving yards with 928, while also adding five receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n

He rushed 25 times for 125 yards and three scores.<\/p>\n

Kingston is the second BYU star in the past year alleged to have committed rape, with former quarterback Jake Retzlaff<\/a> \u2014 who later transferred to Tulane \u2014 being accused of rape, strangulation and biting in a lawsuit citing an alleged November 2023 incident.<\/p>\n

The parties agreed to drop the lawsuit last June, per ESPN<\/a>, and he did not face any criminal charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington County (Utah) Attorney\u2019s Office released Thursday the probable affidavit regarding the rape allegations against arrested BYU…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[11264,40544,1607,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-466549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-athlete-arrests","9":"tag-byu-cougars","10":"tag-college-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}