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Trial Date Set For Ex-Detroit Tigers Pitcher Evan Reed In Sex Assault Case

DETROIT (CBS Detroit) - Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Evan Reed will be back in court next month to face sexual assault charges.

A 36th District Court Judge in Detroit on Tuesday set a Wednesday, Feb. 4 trial date for Reed, who's accused of raping a woman last spring.

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 claims that, after meeting Reed at a Royal Oak bar the night before Opening Day, she may have been drugged.

In a pre-trial hearing, the woman testified that she blacked out and woke up with Reed in a bed at a Motor City Casino hotel. Both of them were nude, she said, and there was "evidence around the room" that sexual activity had taken place.

On the stand, the woman then offered some unsettling details as to what allegedly happened next.

According Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Maria Miller, Reed could face up to 15 years in prison if he's convicted on a charge of third degree criminal sexual conduct.

The 28-year-old Reed admits, as is seen in a security video shown in court, that he helped carry the woman inside the hotel — but he insists they had consensual sex.

Reed pitched for Triple-A Toledo in 2014 but has since been released by the Tigers organization.

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