RICHMOND, Virginia -- A hearing was continued Monday for a former Virginia State University football player accused of assaulting Winston-Salem State University’s quarterback for last month.
Lamont Darnell Britt, 22, of Portsmouth, Va., was charged with misdemeanor assault inflicting serious injury in connection with an attack on Rams quarterback Rudy Johnson during the CIAA awards luncheon on the WSSU campus Nov. 15.
The CIAA football championship game between WSSU and VSU was cancelled. WSSU filed a complaint last week with the NCAA and CIAA, asking that sanctions be imposed against Virginia State University. In the complaint, WSSU says five Virginia State University football players beat up Johnson.
Britt, who has been suspended from the team, is the only VSU player who was criminally charged in the assault. Johnson told authorities that up to six VSU players attacked him but he identified only Britt to WSSU campus police.
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