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The Latest: Ex-Vanderbilt football player convicted of rape

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Latest on the rape trial of a former Vanderbilt football player (all times local):

7:15 p.m.

A jury has convicted a former Vanderbilt University football player charged in the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student.

After deliberating for about 15 hours, the jury on Friday evening found Brandon Banks guilty of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery. He was found not guilty on five other counts.

Banks was one of four ex-players charged with assaulting the woman.

Banks testified he was bullied into participating. Prosecutors dismissed the claim as an excuse made up because there was video evidence.