KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee linebacker A.J. Johnson and cornerback Michael Williams have been identified as subjects of a rape investigation, according to a Knoxville Police report released Tuesday.
Police said no charges have been filed in the investigation of the incident. The university suspended Johnson and Williams on Monday from all team-related activities.
The report states Knoxville police investigator Tim Riddle spoke to two 19-year-old women on Sunday at the University of Tennessee Medical Center at about 4:30 a.m. One woman said Johnson and Williams raped her at the apartment complex. A second woman said she was sexually assaulted by Williams at the same location.
Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said the women said the incident occurred sometime between 1:45 and 2:30 a.m.
DeBusk said the woman who said she was sexually assaulted "has decided not to prosecute at this time," but that the other woman wanted to press charges. DeBusk said the woman who said she was raped is a Tennessee student. He said the other woman is from out of state and has returned home.
"Obviously it's very difficult, but it's a situation that we're in," Tennessee coach Butch Jones said after Tuesday's practice. "That's about all that I can comment right now as it goes through the legal process."
Jones declined comment on why he decided to suspend the players now rather than waiting to see if charges would be filed.
DeBusk said police have been "in constant contact" with the district attorney's office since Sunday. He declined to give a timetable on when a decision might be reached on whether to file charges in the case.
Tennessee (5-5, 2-4) hosts No. 19 Missouri (8-2, 5-1) on Saturday. The Volunteers are one win away from becoming bowl-eligible for the first time since 2010.