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Witness: Vanderbilt rape defendant passed out condoms

Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie testifies during the rape trial of former Vanderbilt football players Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Nashville.
Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie testifies during the rape trial of former Vanderbilt football players Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Nashville. Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie testifies during the rape trial of former Vanderbilt football players Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, in Nashville.

NASHVILLE — An ex-Vanderbilt football player charged with rape testified against his former teammates Tuesday, telling jurors that one was “amped” when he got an unconscious coed in his dorm room.

Jaborian “Tip” McKenzie testified that Brandon Vandenburg passed out condoms, encouraging players to have sex with the woman who was lying on a floor.

“He was like amped, demanding,” McKenzie told jurors of Vandenburg’s demeanor. “He was hyper, like he was coaching us to do whatever.”

McKenzie testified that Vandenburg even tried to wake up his roommate, who was sleeping on the top bunk in a dorm room, to participate.

The roommate never got up, but McKenzie testified how his two best friends violated the female student. He said the alleged attack ended with Cory Batey urinating on the woman.