COMMUNITY
Defense witnesses
testify at Horton trial
By Brian Bloch
Emerald Reporter
Several defense witnesses
testified Wednesday on behalf
of Derek Horton, a former Ore
gon football defensive back,
who is on trial for first degree
sexual abuse of a female Uni
versity student.
Horton, who also testified
Wednesday during the second
day of the trial, admitted hav
ing intercourse with the wom
an after a fraternity party on
Jan. 5. but maintained the inci
dent was initiated by the wom
an and occurred entirely with
her consent.
He said the woman never
told him to stop or asked him
to take her home.
Under cross-examination by
defense attorney Kenneth Mor
row. the woman said she had
not given consent to either Hor
ton or his then Hi-year-old
cousin, who is facing similar
charges in juvenile court.
The woman said during the
ride back to her dorm from Hor
ton's apartment she was ”...
scared. 1 felt they had done
something I didn’t want done
to me." she said.
Another female University
student who was the woman’s
roommate at the time of the in
cident testified that the woman
returned home after the inci
dent "... frantic, crying, shak
ing. a complete mess."
The roommate, who was the
final witness for the prosecu
tion. also testified that she
overheard part of a phone con
versation between the woman
and her boyfriend on the night
of the incident.
"I heard her crying. I heard
her say 'he made me, he made
me.’ " she said.
Morrow introduced testimo
ny from Horton's aunt and San
Kranciscorape counselor. Alze
Roberts, who said she called
the woman out of concern
shortly after the incident.
Roberts, who admitted that
she did not identify herself as a
relative of Horton's, said the
woman told her she was drunk,
couldn't remember anything
about the incident and was not
going to press charges.
Theresa Scholz. a registered
nurse and member of Sacred
Heart Hospital’s sexual assault
team, said she interviewed the
woman on the early morning of
Jan. t>.
Although Scholz said she
could not recall exactly what
was said during the interview,
she referred to her report of the
conversation during her testi
mony. contradicting some spe
cifics of the woman's uarlier
testimony concerning the inci
dent.
Eugene Police officer Jeffery
Roth, who also interviewed the
woman at Sacred Heart Hospi
tal early Jan. 6. testified that he
too could not remember his
conversation with her. Refer
ring to his report, written after
the interview. Roth said it did
indicate some discrepancies be
tween the woman's testimony
and what he wrote in his re
port.
However. Roth testified that
his notes, "taken during the
incident “she was saving take
me home." struggling and cry
ing.
Three more defense wit
nesses. including Oregon de
fensive back Daryl Singleton,
former Oregon defensive back
Daryl Reed and Morton's cous
in. corroborated Morton's testi
mony describing the woman's
suggestive dancing at the party
prior to the incident amt her in
itiation of the conversation i>e
tween Morton and her
In addition. Morton's cousin
testified that the woman did
not resist intercourse with him.
never said she wanted to go
home and "... made statements
that led me to believe she want
ed to continue."
conversation " with the wom
an. indicated that during the
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By Rene DeCair
Emerald Reporter
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