University of Utah football player charged with sexually assaulting two more women

University of Utah football player Terrell Maurice Perriman, 20, of Miami, is facing multiple charges in three separate sexual assault incidents in 3rd District Court. | Salt Lake County Jail

SALT LAKE CITY — Two more women have stepped forward claiming they were sexually assaulted by a University of Utah football player already charged with kidnapping a raping a 17-year-old girl.

As a result, six more felony charges were filed Friday in 3rd District Court against Terrell Maurice Perriman, 20, of Miami, for incidents dating back to November 2018, according to court records.

In total, Perriman now faces three counts of rape and two counts of forcible sodomy, both first-degree felonies; burglary and forcible sexual abuse, both second-degree felonies; and aggravated kidnapping, a third-degree felony.

On Jan. 30, a SWAT team arrested Perriman at a hotel for allegedly holding a 17-year-old high school student against her will and raping her in his Salt Lake City apartment on Jan. 23, according to charging documents.

After Perriman’s arrest, Salt Lake police made a plea for others to come forward, fearing there may be additional victims.

Prosecutors have now filed charges related to two other incidents.

A second woman told police that in the fall of 2018, she was sitting on her bed with Perriman in her residence when Perriman forced her to perform a sex act against her will, the charges state.

About a month later, Perriman went to the woman’s house to borrow something, according to the charges. The woman “slightly opened the door” to hand the item to Perriman, but he “pushed his way into (her) apartment” and sexually assaulted her again, according to charging documents.

On Jan. 21, just two days before the alleged assault for which Perriman was originally arrested, another woman told police that Perriman asked her to come to his residence. When she got there, Perriman forcefully took the woman’s clothes off against her will and raped her, telling her “See, you’re fine” in the process, the charges state.

Prosecutors have requested Perriman be held on $750,000 bond. A court hearing to argue bail is scheduled for March 2.

Perriman was a redshirt freshman on the University of Utah football team in 2019.

U. head football coach Kyle Whittingham issued a statement following his initial arrest saying Perriman was suspended.

“We were made aware of the very serious allegations involving a member of our football program and he was immediately suspended from all team activities. We have since been informed that Terrell Perriman has been arrested by the Salt Lake City Police Department. Obviously, this does not reflect the values and standards of our program and we will continue to monitor the situation as it moves through the legal process,” Whittingham said.

“We are cooperating with the authorities and university personnel and will continue to assist as requested.”

In 2018, Perriman played in two U. football games on special teams and at wide receiver before he redshirted. He played in 10 games during the 2019 football season.

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