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Washburn grad assistant football coach charged with rape

Jesse Robert Burke-Photo Shawnee County
Jesse Robert Burke-Photo Shawnee County

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Washburn University graduate assistant football coach has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and rape.

Shawnee County court records show that the charges were filed Tuesday against 22-year-old Jesse Robert Bubke. He has been released on bond. No attorney is listed for him in court records. Shawnee County prosecutor’s office spokesman Lee McGowan didn’t immediately return a phone message from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Topeka police Lt. Colleen Stuart told The Topeka Capital-Journal that a woman went to police Sunday and reported she had been kidnapped from a bar, taken to Bubke’s home, assaulted and released.

As a graduate assistant, Bubke has coached defensive backs. Washburn spokesman Patrick Early says the university will help authorities. He didn’t immediately return a phone message from the AP.

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