Kentucky Football Players Lose Appeal Over Frat Fracas Charges

Five University of Kentucky football players who said they were racially taunted and physically attacked at a fraternity party can’t pursue their lawsuit against police officials who initiated burglary criminal charges against them.

The quintet’s federal claims were properly dismissed because the players didn’t plead they were deprived of their liberty, the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit said Oct. 10.

The players didn’t say they were arrested, put in jail, posted bond, or had their travel restricted, Judge Julia Smith Gibbons said for the three-judge panel. The reputational damage of having a criminal case brought under “false ...