TWO FORMER UNM FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND A CNM STUDENT ARE SUING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. THE FORMER PLAYERS … CRUSOE GONGBAY AND SAQWAN EDWARDS … ALONG WITH CNM STUDENT RYAN RUFF ARE SUING UNM POLICE AND THE REGENTS OVER A BOTCHED INVESTIGATION OF AN APRIL 2014 RAPE.
THE THREE WERE ACCUSED IN THAT RAPE CASE … BUT D-A KARI BRANDENBURG’S OFFICE SAID IN AUGUST OF 2014 THAT IT COULDN’T FIND ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROCEED WITH CRIMINAL CHARGES.
RUFF, GONGBAY AND EDWARDS SAY THE INVESTIGATION HURT THEIR REPUTATIONS.