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Utah Suspends Jamal Wallace Amid Ongoing Investigation

Published 22 October 2026

University of Utah football player Jamal Wallace was indefinitely suspended after the university learned of the matter on October 11, as he remained under investigation over allegations of sexual assault and distributing intimate images. Prosecutors had not filed formal criminal charges as of October 22, according to the reported arrest records. Salt Lake County jail records show Wallace was arrested and booked October 11 on suspicion of distributing an intimate image, a misdemeanor. The report says he was booked on suspicion of five misdemeanor counts and later released after posting $5,000 bail. He was not arrested on sexual assault charges, though the records indicate he remained under investigation for allegations of rape and forcible sodomy. According to an arrest affidavit, a woman told police she met Wallace on October 9 to discuss their relationship. She alleged that he forced her to engage in nonconsensual sexual acts during the meeting. The affidavit says she later discovered that videos of the encounter had been sent to five Snapchat contacts. Wallace denied sexually assaulting the woman, according to the affidavit. He told investigators that he accessed her...

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