Syracuse Football Recruit Charged with Lewdness

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"Syracuse football recruit charged with lewdness"

Last Wednesday Syracuse recruit Ashton Broyld was charged with a misdemeanor for public lewdness. This charge can either land him in jail for a year or fine him up to a thousand dollars. After Rush- Henrietta lost a sectional basket ball game causing their season to seize, Ashton cursed out the officials and then pulled down his pants and exposed himself to the whole arena.

Before this incident Ashton signed a letter stating that he intends to play foot ball for Syracuse University, the school released a statement saying, "We are aware of the situation and have talked with Ashton and his family. We will continue to address the matter privately. All of the incoming student-athletes have to fulfill their responsibilities before joining our program this summer." (Ashton Broyld Charged with Public Lewdness).

I chose this article because I use to go to school with Ashton. We were in fact very close, he was good at almost every sport, and we ran track together freshman to senior year. He is an outstanding athlete and very hot tempered but like others I couldn't imagine him doing such a thing when he has so much to risk.

"Public lewdness is intentional exposure of body parts in public areas; however a person does not have to actually expose themselves in order to be charged with this misdemeanor if it's in a place where sexual activities have been previous problems."("Public Lewdness") To some the crime may be petty but the punishment