Woman charged: Lied about rape by St. John's players
by Joe Mandak
Link to ArticleA New York woman was charged with lying to police after she allegedly claimed she was raped by several St. John's University basketball players, prompting the school to suspend the team's top two scorers.Sherri Ann Urbanek-Bach, 38, of Astoria, N.Y., was charged Thursday night, hours after she claimed she was raped in a hotel by players she met in a strip club after the team's 71-51 loss to Pittsburgh on Wednesday night, Pittsburgh police said. She was charged with fictitious reports, attempted extortion and prostitution. Hours after the allegation, St. John's suspended seniors Abraham Keita and Grady Reynolds, and sophomore Elijah Ingram, the team's leading scorer.St. John's officials did not immediately return phone calls for comment Thursday evening. The woman told police she met the players around 2:30 a.m. Thursday at an adult nightclub, then went with them to the Westin Convention Center Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh where she allegedly told police she was raped. A telephone listing for Urbanek-Bach in New York was disconnected and she could not immediately be reached for comment. These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. If you have accounts on these bookmarking sites, you can post this story to share it with others.
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