Villanova University student charged with sexual assault
A Villanova University student has charged a subject with sexual assault.
On Friday, Jan. 30, Villanova police arrested and charged Villanova student D’Hani Cobbs with the sexual assault of another student stemming from a December incident.
Cobbs was listed on the university football website spring football roster as a freshman wide receiver from Camden last week. His name no longer appears on the listing.
Once the university learned of the incident, campus police launched an investigation, notified the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office, and removed the alleged assailant from campus, Villanova said in a news release.
The university said “sexual assault and misconduct of any kind is not tolerated on our campus and we are committed to both supporting the victim and fostering a safe environment for all of our students. We are deeply troubled any time we receive reports of such misconduct, as our priority is, and always has been, to ensure we have a safe community for our students, faculty and staff.”
Charges include rape forcible compulsion, forcible compulsion, sexual assault, indecent assault forcible compulsion and indecent assault.
The school student newspaper The Villanovan reported that on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 5:08 p.m., Villanova University’s Department of Public Safety issued a campuswide email disclosing a safety alert of a rape reported on campus.
The alert stated that a female guest reported being raped by a male resident student on Dec. 6 in a university residence hall.
The Department of Public Safety stated the guest and the resident student were known to each other, the paper said.
Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse added Monday: The victim reported meeting Cobbs at an off-campus event and later returning to his dorm room with other students. After ending up alone with him, the victim stated that Cobbs attempted to kiss her, and she said no.
“The defendant then forcibly penetrated and assaulted the victim without consent.
“After the victim was able to leave the dorm, Cobbs sent messages apologizing and asking to talk further so they could come to a mutual understanding of what happened.”
His football stat sheet states he returned one punt during the 2025 season.
Cobbs was arraigned before District Judge Elizabeth S. Gallard who set an unsecured bail of $250,000. Cobbs is scheduled to appear before District Judge Sloan Walker on Feb. 12 for a preliminary hearing.
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