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Ex-Vanderbilt player found guilty in rape retrial

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A jury found former Vanderbilt University football player Cory Batey guilty of aggravated rape in the assault of an unconscious woman late Friday after a weeklong trial in Nashville.

The jury deliberated about 2½ hours after hearing five days of testimony. Jurors reached their verdict about 11 p.m. On three of seven counts, the jury found Batey guilty as charged of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery.

The aggravated rape conviction, according to Tennessee law, required Batey be taken into custody immediately.