Ex-Tiger Evan Reed Arraigned On Sex Assault Charges

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Evan Reed has been arraigned on sexual assault charges.

Reed appeared in court Friday morning, where he was charged with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Judge Shannon Walker granted Reed's motion for a stay of proceeding to appeal the case.  The final conference in the case is scheduled for May 1, with a jury trial scheduled for July 13.

Last November, a judge dismissed the charges against Reed, but the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office appealed and the charges were reinstated.

The 45-year-old alleged victim believes that someone slipped a drug into her drink after she met Reed at a Royal Oak bar the night before Opening Day.

In a pre-trial hearing, the woman testified that she blacked out and woke up naked in bed with Reed.  On the stand, the woman then offered some unsettling details as to what allegedly happened next.

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The 29-year-old Reed admits, as is seen in a security video shown in court, that he helped carry the woman inside Motor City Casino — but he insists they had consensual sex.

In dismissing the charges last fall, Judge Kenneth King said there's no doubt the woman was incapacitated when she entered the hotel with Reed; "The problem is what happened in that hotel room … no one knows," he said.

King pointed out that the woman had lied about little things, like claiming she hasn't known Reed was a Tiger — when a text to a friend showed that she did.

Reed appeared in 32 games last season for Detroit and 17 with Triple-A Toledo.

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