Alabama Fan Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Charges

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By CBS 8 News

Story Created: May 21, 2012 at 3:57 PM CDT

Story Updated: May 21, 2012 at 3:57 PM CDT

The Alabama fan, seen on a video apparently committing sexual battery on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS championship football game, has pleaded not guilty in Orleans Parish Criminal Court.

 

Thirty-two-year-old Brian H. Downing, of Smiths Station, Ala., was arraigned Monday on one count each of sexual battery of a male victim and obscenity.

 

A video that went viral on the Internet appeared to show someone in a University of Alabama jacket abusing an unconscious Louisiana State University fan after Alabama beat LSU for the BCS football championship on Jan. 9.

 

A man appears to perform a simulated sex act on the LSU fan.

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Embarassed said on Monday, May 21 at 4:05 PM

Mr Downing is more than a fan. He is an alumnus of the University of Alabama.

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