“It was constantly on my mind,” Logan said Monday. “But I was going to school every day, trying to finish up my degree. That helped me mentally. I worked out and tried to put it out of my mind.”
Last Wednesday, Logan’s legal burden was lifted when prosecutors filed a motion to drop the charges and a Cuyahoga County judge agreed to accept the prosecutors’ motion.
“I was just relieved that I could move forward with my life and put this behind me,” Logan said.
Logan, 30, had been voted into the James P. Kelly Sr. UC Athletics Hall of Fame last year and was scheduled to be inducted in February. His induction was put on hold after the charges.
Logan will now wait to hear if the Hall of Fame selection committee will improve his induction for next February.
“It will mean everything to me,” Logan said. “Being inducted to the UC Hall of Fame is an honor for a guy like me.”
The former UC star did not deny having sex with the woman when he returned with her and another woman to a condo in Rocky River.
Logan said he didn’t know the woman but that she was an acquaintance of a friend of his.
According to Brian Murray, one of Logan’s attorneys, “a group of five guys came over (to the apartment) after Steve left.”
The accuser went to the hospital the next day because of vaginal bleeding. Hospital officials then alerted police and the woman said that Logan had raped her.
Two days later, Logan was charged with rape and gross sexual imposition.
“I didn’t rape her,” Logan said. “I was totally surprised. It was just a nightmare.”
Logan said he was embarrassed, shocked and scared after he was charged.
“Those are strong accusations for anybody to be charged with,” he said. “I felt belittled and scared.”
He said he used his faith in God and support from his mother to get through the ordeal, as well as support from his former coaches and teammates at UC.
Former UC coach Bob Huggins called frequently, he said. He also heard from current UC coach Mick Cronin, who recruited Logan to UC as an assistant, along with Kenyon Martin, Jason Maxiell and former UC assistant coach Keith LeGree.
“Lenny Stokes came to visit me,” Logan said. “We sat for a whole day and talked about the past. It touched me a lot, what those guys did.”
Eventually, it was DNA testing – and inconsistencies in the accuser’s statements - that led to the charges being dropped.
“There were some stains from saliva found on her chest and neck,” Murray said.
“The young woman had made four or five different allegations as to how she had suffered the injuries she had received during two of the statements. She claimed the perpetrator had bit her to try to hold her down.
“She also said that he had been kissing her all over her neck and chest, but the DNA that came back did not match Steve Logan’s. This girl gave multiple stories about what happened that night, who she had been with and what happened after.”
Logan said he’s focused now on redeeming his reputation.
“I’ve been brought up to be professional and respectful,” he said. “It actually destroyed my image in a way.”
On the same day the charges were dropped, Logan pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic violence stemming from a May 22 incident at an apartment in Maple Heights where he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend. He was fined $250.
“It was a situation where a long-time girlfriend and me got into a few words about our relationship and police were called out,” Logan said. “I did not hit her.”
He said he pleaded guilty because “it was time to get my life on. It’s been 10 or 11 months that I’ve been dealing with these two cases. It’s time to get it past us and live our lives.”
A second-round draft choice by the Golden State Warriors in 2002, he never signed with the Warriors and never played in the NBA.
Since leaving UC, Logan said he has played professionally in Turkey, Greece, Israel, Poland and Portugal. He said he hopes to play in Spain or Portugal next season.
“It’s been kind of stressful obviously,” Logan said, “living with accusations that weren’t true. Living my life and going about my business, it was tough for me.”
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Last Wednesday, Logan’s legal burden was lifted when prosecutors filed a motion to drop the charges and a Cuyahoga County judge agreed to accept the prosecutors’ motion.
“I was just relieved that I could move forward with my life and put this behind me,” Logan said.
Logan, 30, had been voted into the James P. Kelly Sr. UC Athletics Hall of Fame last year and was scheduled to be inducted in February. His induction was put on hold after the charges.
Logan will now wait to hear if the Hall of Fame selection committee will improve his induction for next February.
“It will mean everything to me,” Logan said. “Being inducted to the UC Hall of Fame is an honor for a guy like me.”
The former UC star did not deny having sex with the woman when he returned with her and another woman to a condo in Rocky River.
Logan said he didn’t know the woman but that she was an acquaintance of a friend of his.
According to Brian Murray, one of Logan’s attorneys, “a group of five guys came over (to the apartment) after Steve left.”
The accuser went to the hospital the next day because of vaginal bleeding. Hospital officials then alerted police and the woman said that Logan had raped her.
Two days later, Logan was charged with rape and gross sexual imposition.
“I didn’t rape her,” Logan said. “I was totally surprised. It was just a nightmare.”
Logan said he was embarrassed, shocked and scared after he was charged.
“Those are strong accusations for anybody to be charged with,” he said. “I felt belittled and scared.”
He said he used his faith in God and support from his mother to get through the ordeal, as well as support from his former coaches and teammates at UC.
Former UC coach Bob Huggins called frequently, he said. He also heard from current UC coach Mick Cronin, who recruited Logan to UC as an assistant, along with Kenyon Martin, Jason Maxiell and former UC assistant coach Keith LeGree.
“Lenny Stokes came to visit me,” Logan said. “We sat for a whole day and talked about the past. It touched me a lot, what those guys did.”
Eventually, it was DNA testing – and inconsistencies in the accuser’s statements - that led to the charges being dropped.
“There were some stains from saliva found on her chest and neck,” Murray said.
“The young woman had made four or five different allegations as to how she had suffered the injuries she had received during two of the statements. She claimed the perpetrator had bit her to try to hold her down.
“She also said that he had been kissing her all over her neck and chest, but the DNA that came back did not match Steve Logan’s. This girl gave multiple stories about what happened that night, who she had been with and what happened after.”
Logan said he’s focused now on redeeming his reputation.
“I’ve been brought up to be professional and respectful,” he said. “It actually destroyed my image in a way.”
On the same day the charges were dropped, Logan pleaded guilty to a charge of domestic violence stemming from a May 22 incident at an apartment in Maple Heights where he was charged with assaulting his girlfriend. He was fined $250.
“It was a situation where a long-time girlfriend and me got into a few words about our relationship and police were called out,” Logan said. “I did not hit her.”
He said he pleaded guilty because “it was time to get my life on. It’s been 10 or 11 months that I’ve been dealing with these two cases. It’s time to get it past us and live our lives.”
A second-round draft choice by the Golden State Warriors in 2002, he never signed with the Warriors and never played in the NBA.
Since leaving UC, Logan said he has played professionally in Turkey, Greece, Israel, Poland and Portugal. He said he hopes to play in Spain or Portugal next season.
“It’s been kind of stressful obviously,” Logan said, “living with accusations that weren’t true. Living my life and going about my business, it was tough for me.”
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20100412/SPT0101/304120072/1062/SPT/Logan+ready+to+move+on
