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NBA Draft Prospect Terrence Shannon Jr. Found Not Guilty of Rape, Sexual Battery

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Former Illinois basketball player and current NBA draft prospect Terrence Shannon Jr. was found not guilty of rape and not guilty of aggravated sexual battery on Thursday, per Matt Norlander of CBS Sports and Danny Connolly and Amanda Brennan of WCIA.

A jury in Kansas cleared him of any criminal wrongdoing with the ruling.

Connolly and Brennan previously reported on the case and noted Shannon was initially charged in December when a then 18-year-old woman "accused him of digitally penetrating her at a bar called the Jayhawk Café in September.