BYU star WR arrested on first degree felony rape charge

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8:22p, 2/11/26
https://www.deseret.com/sports/2026/02/11/byu-cougars-receiver-parker-kingston-arrested-on-felony-rape-charges/

A first-degree felony rape charge has been filed against BYU receiver Parker Kingston by the Washington County Attorney's Office, according to a news release issued Wednesday afternoon.

According to the release, the charges follow an investigation that began in February 2025 "after the alleged victim, a female then 20 years old, reported a sexual assault to officers at St. George Regional Hospital."

Kingston, 21, will be a senior at BYU this season and is expected to be the Cougars' primary receiver after a breakout season in 2025 that saw him catch 67 passes for 928 yards and five touchdowns.

BYU athletics issued the following statement Wednesday evening:

"BYU became aware today of the arrest of Parker Kingston. The university takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment."

According to the news release, the alleged victim reported that Kingston sexually assaulted her on Feb. 23, 2025, in St. George.

The release states that St. George Police detectives gathered "digital and forensic evidence" over the course of their investigation.

"They also conducted interviews with the parties involved and other witnesses. The information was then turned over to the Washington County Attorney's Office for review," according to the release.

Kingston has been taken into custody and is currently being held in Washington County without bail. An initial appearance is scheduled in Utah's 5th Judicial District Court on Friday.
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8:23p, 2/11/26
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9:17p, 2/11/26
BYU will sweep this under the rug if at all possible
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9:22p, 2/11/26
When do the school president, AD, and football coach get fired?
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In reply to Delmar 2.0 • 9:27p, 2/11/26
Yup Retzlaff and now Kingston.
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9:50p, 2/11/26
BYU already handling this better than Baylor.
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9:51p, 2/11/26
Investigation began 1 year ago? Is that a typo?
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In reply to Big12Fan2024 • 9:55p, 2/11/26
Nope. Dude is totally ****ed. No bail either. I'm firmly innocent until proven guilty. But it's fairly obvious the state has a damning case against the piece of garbage
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In reply to IowaBear • 7:32a, 2/12/26
IowaBear said:
Nope. Dude is totally ****ed. No bail either. I'm firmly innocent until proven guilty. But it's fairly obvious the state has a damning case against the piece of garbage
The fact that he is being held without bail is pretty telling.
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7:44a, 2/12/26
The timing on this article was horrific: https://www.deseret.com/sports/2026/01/21/3-takeaways-from-parker-kingston-faith-huddle-interview/
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 7:48a, 2/12/26
BellCountyBear said:
BYU already handling this better than Baylor.

Have you ever heard of another school not handling this kind of thing better than Baylor?
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In reply to Delmar 2.0 • 7:50a, 2/12/26
Delmar 2.0 said:
When do the school president, AD, and football coach get fired?

And when do they engage an expensive activist law firm to build a prosecutorial case against themselves?
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In reply to Mitch Henessey • 7:54a, 2/12/26
Yup, this is as serious as it gets. I'm by no means some legal expert. But the fact that she went straight to the cops and that they've been gathering evidence against him for a year almost is also rather telling. He's cooked imo. And if it's true he deserves to rot. I'll also add that BYu needs raked over the coals for this similar to what happened to Baylor years ago.
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In reply to IowaBear • 8:10a, 2/12/26
IowaBear said:
Yup, this is as serious as it gets. I'm by no means some legal expert. But the fact that she went straight to the cops and that they've been gathering evidence against him for a year almost is also rather telling. He's cooked imo. And if it's true he deserves to rot. I'll also add that BYu needs raked over the coals for this similar to what happened to Baylor years ago.
BYU absolutely has some skeletons in the closet, but I'm not sure im willing to lump Jake Retzlaff's situation with this one. Retzlaff seemed like it was a case of a regrettable consensual encounter, whereas this is pretty cut-and-dry sexual assault.
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In reply to Mitch Henessey • 8:15a, 2/12/26
I thought Retzlaffs was originally a claimed sexual assault? If not that I'd absolutely agree. His case would be comparable to the stud basketball player they had like 12 years ago who they dismissed for admitting to pre martial sex.. with his finance
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In reply to IowaBear • 8:16a, 2/12/26
IowaBear said:
Yup, this is as serious as it gets. I'm by no means some legal expert. But the fact that she went straight to the cops and that they've been gathering evidence against him for a year almost is also rather telling. He's cooked imo. And if it's true he deserves to rot. I'll also add that BYu needs raked over the coals for this similar to what happened to Baylor years ago.

They won't be because for starters there's no Texas Monthly type publication with an agenda on their case and they haven't been beating UT too often.
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8:19a, 2/12/26
Should the B12 withhold revenues until changes are made?
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8:19a, 2/12/26
I'll also add that I find it incredibly silly that BYU has this no sex before marriage honor code with these athletes. So they REALLY think AJ Dybsntsa isn't running through chicks on that campus? Do they really think Rob Wright isn't doing the same? If we're being honest here they wouldn't be able to field a football or basketball team if these dudes had to answer that question on a lie detector
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In reply to IowaBear • 8:59a, 2/12/26
IowaBear said:
I thought Retzlaffs was originally a claimed sexual assault? If not that I'd absolutely agree. His case would be comparable to the stud basketball player they had like 12 years ago who they dismissed for admitting to pre martial sex.. with his finance
It was, but it was filed in civil court, not criminal. He always maintained his innocence, and when he went public about what happened, the plaintiff's side withdrew the case.

Him going public meant admitting to premarital sex, which is an honor code violation, and got him suspended for 7 games. He chose to transfer rather than sit out the suspension.
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In reply to Mitch Henessey • 9:31a, 2/12/26
Good info. Yeah that's much much different than what's going on here. Also hard to believe Sitake wasn't aware of this prior to the season.
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In reply to BellCountyBear • 9:41a, 2/12/26
BellCountyBear said:
BYU already handling this better than Baylor.

Per the article, he played the '25 season when the investigation began in February '25.

BYU is about to have to pay that young woman a massive amount of money, and they could very well get hammered by the shambling corpse of the NCAA as its last major act, given how egregious that first sentence is...only that Mormon gold reserve (10x-20x the Southern Baptist gold reserve?) can save them now.

Thinking they've handled this well at all is wild, man.
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In reply to IowaBear • 9:43a, 2/12/26
IowaBear said:
Yup, this is as serious as it gets. I'm by no means some legal expert. But the fact that she went straight to the cops and that they've been gathering evidence against him for a year almost is also rather telling. He's cooked imo. And if it's true he deserves to rot. I'll also add that BYu needs raked over the coals for this similar to what happened to Baylor years ago.
If BYU played him all season with a valid rape allegation and active police investigation hanging over his head, that's pretty damn bad.

That university and its athletic department deserve far more scrutiny than they get.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 9:45a, 2/12/26
bear2be2 said:
IowaBear said:
Yup, this is as serious as it gets. I'm by no means some legal expert. But the fact that she went straight to the cops and that they've been gathering evidence against him for a year almost is also rather telling. He's cooked imo. And if it's true he deserves to rot. I'll also add that BYu needs raked over the coals for this similar to what happened to Baylor years ago.

If BYU played him all season with a valid rape allegation and active police investigation hanging over his head, that's pretty damn bad.

That university and its athletic department deserve far more scrutiny than they get.

they have so much more money than Baylor that it staggers the imagination...that's the only reason they'll 'survive' this, but how much public flak they have to take remains to be seen.
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In reply to bear2be2 • 10:12a, 2/12/26
I just don't see any way imaginable that the staff & admin & university weren't aware of that investigation. Someone knew.
Maybe he's innocent (doubt it), but as I said above BYU absolutely deserves to be raked over the coals for this.
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In reply to IowaBear • 10:29a, 2/12/26
IowaBear said:
I just don't see any way imaginable that the staff & admin & university weren't aware of that investigation. Someone knew.
Maybe he's innocent (doubt it), but as I said above BYU absolutely deserves to be raked over the coals for this.


I can't imagine there's any way in hell officials at BYU did not know this investigation was going on.
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In reply to boognish_bear • 10:33a, 2/12/26
Exactly, someone at BYU knew. Think it's fairly obvious at this point that BYU is gonna try to hide behind their "code of ethics" which obviously doesn't pertain to student athletes.
Imagine if this were Baylor? The entire country (BYU included) would be calling for dismantling the athletic program
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1:17p, 2/12/26
Well…
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4:25p, 2/12/26
A BYU fan (and employee)'s perspective here:

-QB Retzlaff was sued in civil court, but his accuser agreed to dismiss with prejudice as soon as Retzlaff claimed he had text messages disputing her story. Even still, Retzlaff conceded he had consensual pre-marital sex (against the honor code), and he was suspended 7 games. He didn't want to sacrifice half the season, so he transferred.
-Back in 2011 Brandon Davies was the starting center on the #3 ranked basketball team, and he confessed to consensual, pre-marital sex. He was suspended for the rest of the season, but he was welcomed back the following year.
-Jamal Williams was suspended for a year due to an honor code violation (2015), then came back to become the school's all-time leading rusher.
-Kyle Van Noy had his admission to BYU delayed a full year after a DUI, allowing him to get his life right before coming to BYU. He credits Coach Mendenhall for the tough love, rescinding his admission then bringing him back after he learned his lesson.

History shows that BYU does not sweep things like this under the rug. Rather, BYU will work with the student and leave it to his bishop (or other ecclesiastical leader for non-LDS students) to determine repentance and sincere commitment to the rules. If you mess up, there's accountability, but there's also grace and patience with human frailty. You may be suspended, but you'll be welcomed back after getting your priorities straight. And they'll try to keep it confidential to not embarrass the student, something that is near impossible with athletes.

BYU may have known that Kingston engaged in pre-marital sex (he claims it was consensual), and he may have experienced some sanctions as he worked through private repentance with his ecclesiastical leaders. It would not be at all surprising if that happened away from the media or anyone else before last season even began. I highly, highly doubt that a university that doesn't allow coffee on campus would allow a known rapist to play.

If Kingston is guilty, may he go to prison for a long time. If it was indeed consensual as he claims, then I hope that both the young woman and Kingston can move forward without this dragging them down. It's a rotten situation for all involved, regardless of what happens next in the court proceedings.

In thinking of far less important things, I doubt we'll ever see him in a BYU uniform again.
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In reply to MPP • 4:31p, 2/12/26
You're gonna try to convince the Baylor fanbase that no one on BYus campus knew about the investigation into Kingston? Let's just call a spade a spade here. Someone at BYu knew and they let him play anyways. BYU deserves to be raked for this. Hard for me to give yall any sympathy.
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In reply to MPP • 4:49p, 2/12/26
MPP said:
A BYU fan (and employee)'s perspective here:

-QB Retzlaff was sued in civil court, but his accuser agreed to dismiss with prejudice as soon as Retzlaff claimed he had text messages disputing her story. Even still, Retzlaff conceded he had consensual pre-marital sex (against the honor code), and he was suspended 7 games. He didn't want to sacrifice half the season, so he transferred.
-Back in 2011 Brandon Davies was the starting center on the #3 ranked basketball team, and he confessed to consensual, pre-marital sex. He was suspended for the rest of the season, but he was welcomed back the following year.
-Jamal Williams was suspended for a year due to an honor code violation (2015), then came back to become the school's all-time leading rusher.
-Kyle Van Noy had his admission to BYU delayed a full year after a DUI, allowing him to get his life right before coming to BYU. He credits Coach Mendenhall for the tough love, rescinding his admission then bringing him back after he learned his lesson.

History shows that BYU does not sweep things like this under the rug. Rather, BYU will work with the student and leave it to his bishop (or other ecclesiastical leader for non-LDS students) to determine repentance and sincere commitment to the rules. If you mess up, there's accountability, but there's also grace and patience with human frailty. You may be suspended, but you'll be welcomed back after getting your priorities straight. And they'll try to keep it confidential to not embarrass the student, something that is near impossible with athletes.

BYU may have known that Kingston engaged in pre-marital sex (he claims it was consensual), and he may have experienced some sanctions as he worked through private repentance with his ecclesiastical leaders. It would not be at all surprising if that happened away from the media or anyone else before last season even began. I highly, highly doubt that a university that doesn't allow coffee on campus would allow a known rapist to play.

If Kingston is guilty, may he go to prison for a long time. If it was indeed consensual as he claims, then I hope that both the young woman and Kingston can move forward without this dragging them down. It's a rotten situation for all involved, regardless of what happens next in the court proceedings.

In thinking of far less important things, I doubt we'll ever see him in a BYU uniform again.

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dawg, if there was a criminal investigation into this going back to February of 2025, your leadership ****ed up. simple as.
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In reply to IowaBear • 5:18p, 2/12/26
Kingston claims it was consensual. Why would the university have reason to not believe him, especially if investigative findings from a police department 250 miles away are sealed until charges are filed?

Which is more likely? (1) A university plays a player understanding that he claims consensual sex, so the confidential ecclesiastical powers work with the student without presuming anything criminal? Or (2) a university that doesn't even allow coffee on campus plays a known rapist?

Anyway, believe what you want to believe. No skin off my back.
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In reply to MPP • 6:03p, 2/12/26
Yet you felt the need to join the Baylor boards to defend a BYU player charged with Felony rape. I think it's fairly obvious at this point that BYu has chosen athletic success over having a moral compass. Good luck getting anyone to believe that BYu had no clue your boy was being investigated for rape.
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In reply to IowaBear • 7:51p, 2/12/26
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Nope. Dude is totally ****ed. No bail either. I'm firmly innocent until proven guilty. But it's fairly obvious the state has a damning case against the piece of garbage


No bail stands out. That says prosecutor has evidence.

You don't want to be a wide receiver in jail.
Wide Receiver

A term to describe a person who's arse has become open and loose from putting too many big things in it. Generally used to in regards to homosexuals; but can also relate to a female.

Jonny's cock was ****ing massive! By the time he'd finished pounding the little *****, he'd gone from a tight end to a wide receiver.
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In reply to MPP • 8:34p, 2/12/26
MPP said:
Kingston claims it was consensual. Why would the university have reason to not believe him, especially if investigative findings from a police department 250 miles away are sealed until charges are filed?

Which is more likely? (1) A university plays a player understanding that he claims consensual sex, so the confidential ecclesiastical powers work with the student without presuming anything criminal? Or (2) a university that doesn't even allow coffee on campus plays a known rapist?

Anyway, believe what you want to believe. No skin off my back.

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9:49p, 2/12/26
We'll see if magic undies fixes this.
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