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 Initiatives give Oregonians a voice By Rene DeCair Emerald Reporter What do you do if you am fed up with the throw-awav packaging on consumer products, or you feel that abortion should be made a crime? What if you find that casting a vote every two to four years does not give satisfactory re sults? 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