Former Vanderbilt football players Brandon Vandenburg, left, and Corey Batey sit in court Wednesday, June 24, 2015, in Nashville.Jurors who hear the second trial of two former Vanderbilt University football players accused of rape will come from Chattanooga, a Nashville judge ruled today.
In a brief hearing, Judge Monte Watkins said he had granted defense requests for a jury to be chosen from outside Davidson County. Defense attorneys argued there was so much publicity of the first trial, choosing an impartial jury here would be difficult.
So jurors from Chattanooga will hear the second trial of Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey, who are accused of raping an unconscious student in a Vanderbilt dorm in June 2013.
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