Records: Butch Jones spoke to police chief four times the day two players were accused of rape

March 30, 2016 at 6:50 p.m. | Updated March 30, 2016 at 6:51 p.m.

by The Knoxville News Sentinel

Tennessee football coach Butch Jones heads into spring practice with much more on his mind than what happens between the lines. Headline from recent weeks concerning his players' off-field conduct and a federal lawsuit against the university have made sure of that.
Tennessee football coach Butch Jones heads into spring practice with much more on his mind than what happens between the lines. Headline from recent weeks concerning his players' off-field conduct and a federal lawsuit against the university have made sure of that.
photo In this Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014 file photo, Tennessee coach Butch Jones talks into his microphone as he walks along the sideline in the third quarter of an NCAA college football game against Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Tennessee football coach Butch Jones briefly referred to the Title IX lawsuit facing the university while speaking at a coaching clinic, Friday, March 4, 2016.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
University of Tennessee football Coach Butch Jones spoke to Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch four times the day two UT football players were accused of rape in November 2014, according to phone records released Wednesday.

The records also confirm two calls that day between former UT player Drae Bowles and Jones, as a federal lawsuit against the university alleges.

According to a Knoxville Police Department report, the incident that led to rape charges against A.J. Johnson and Michael Williams happened between 1:45 and 2:30 a.m. on Nov. 16, 2014, at Johnson's apartment in the Woodlands complex in South Knoxville. Police said they learned of the rape accusation about 3 a.m. that day in an E-911 call.

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