Louisiana State University football player Jaiden Tyrese “JT” Lindsey turned to the university police after pretending to house two suspects of murder in his dormitory.
Lindsey, A first year student in LSUDiscarded on Friday August 8, and was sentenced to the parish of the East Baton Rouge.
A arrest warrant was issued for Lindsey earlier this month after being accused of having authorized two of his natal friends of staying in his dormitory after being accused of second degree murder.
Suspects, Shemell Jacobs And Keldrick Jordanwere arrested by the US Marshals Service in the Riverbend building of the Nicholson Gateway Dormory on August 4, according to the local information station WAFB TV.
Adolescents were wanted in the shooting and the death of Corey Brookswhich took place in their hometown of Alexandria, Louisiana, in May. Brooks was 17 years old when he was killed, while his alleged murderers, Jacobs and Jordan, are 17 and 18 respectively.
Lindsey, on the other hand, was arrested on Friday for two counts of accessories after the second degree murder for his alleged role in the hiding place of Jacobs and Jordan on the campus.
The suspects of murder were said to have been stayed in the apartment on the Lindsey campus for almost two weeks, according to the new station. When they were arrested by the marshals, several cannons were found in the residence, depending on the exit.
Lindsey’s lawyer, in the meantimeheld his innocence.
“My client JT Lindsey was arrested for allegations” Accessories afterwards “for having authorized two people, aged 17 and 18, who without him, were wanted with Alexandria, to stay in his LSU apartment for a few nights from July 24 or around 24”, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his law Lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, his lawyer, Kris Perret said WAFB-TV.
Perret continued: “It is alleged that the two people were wanted for crimes that they are accused of having committed in mid-May in 2025 in Alexandria, Louisiana. There is no allegation according to which JT Lindsey was somehow involved, or in any way whatsoever with the alleged crimes of arrested people.”
“JT Lindsey is categorical about the fact that he is innocent of any alleged criminal fault and any allegation of reprehensible acts against him,” said the legal representative of the football player. “He cooperates fully with the authorities and is eager to empty his name as quickly as possible.”
The lawyer said that his client was “ignorant that the arrested people had committed crimes or that they had been accused of crimes, or that they were wanted by the police to question when he allowed them to stay in his apartment”.
Lindsey’s lawyer allegedly alleged: “If he had known that the individuals were accused of crimes or wanted by the police, he would not have authorized them to enter his apartment or to them in any way.”
The declaration concluded: “In addition, at no time did JT Lindsey did anything, nor to take any measure, or to demonstrate no intention of nourishing, hiding or helping the accused and now arrested to avoid arrest, apprehension, trial, conviction or punishment for their crimes. It is happy that these people were taken into account by the authorities without incident. ”
Lindsey has since been released from prison after losing a deposit of $ 5,000. His lawyer later confirmed that LSU told Lindsey that he had been temporarily suspended All football activities Until the case is resolved.
LSU athletics Communication director Michael Bonnette would have published a declaration of Friday in the name of the Department of Athletics, saying: “We are aware and will not have any comments out of respect for the legal process”, according to WAFB-TV.