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Suspended USC linebacker is being investigated in sexual assault

Suspended USC linebacker Osa Masina is under investigation in a sexual assault, according to a spokesman for the Cottonwood Heights Police Department in Utah.

Masina was served a search warrant on USC’s campus on Thursday, according to the spokesman, Lt. Dan Bartlett. No charges have yet been filed.

The investigation was first reported by KSTU in Salt Lake City.

Bartlett said that the investigation involves a sex assault and that the incident allegedly “occurred in our city last month involving Osa Masina.”

The Los Angeles Police Department is also investigating, Bartlett said.

Masina, a reserve linebacker for USC, was suspended for USC’s home opener against Alabama, Coach Clay Helton announced Monday.