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Report: 1st-round prospect Gareon Conley accused of rape, denies allegation

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A woman accused NFL draft prospect Gareon Conley of raping her in a Cleveland hotel April 9, according to a police report obtained by TMZ Sports.

In the report, a 23-year-old woman says she met Conley in an elevator and went back to his hotel room. According to her account, she was asked to join him and two other people in a sexual act but declined, offering to watch instead.

The woman says Conley then unbuttoned her pants and had sex with her, though she told him to stop and said it hurt, and then kicked her out of the hotel room afterward.

In her 911 call, the woman described the man as "a black male who wouldn't take his sunglasses off and had an Ohio State tattoo on his left forearm." She said she went to the hospital and had a rape kit collected. Afterward, according to the report, she refused an interview with an officer, saying "her dignity was stripped from her in a matter of minutes," and subsequently did not speak to police.

Two friends of Conley's told police nothing happened between Conley and the woman, suggesting she was upset that she'd been sent away from the room.

Conley's attorney described the allegations as "ludicrous and ridiculous" to Cleveland19.

Police are investigating but no charges have been filed. They told TMZ that the results from the rape kit are not in.

Conley, who starred at Ohio State, has widely been considered a likely first-round pick looking ahead to Thursday's draft.

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