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Lions Head Coach Matt Patricia Indicted on Count of Sexual Assault in 1996

Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia was indicted on one count of aggravated sexual assault in 1996 but was never tried or convicted, according to Robert Snell of the Detroit News.

Patricia and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute football teammate Greg Dietrich allegedly burst into a woman's hotel room in South Padre Island, Texas, and violently sexually assaulted her. The two were arrested and charged, but the woman decided not to testify.

The case was later dismissed.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.