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 McNary, 26, a second-year NFL player, was charged in Marion
County Superior Court with felony rape, criminal confinement and
battery, according to court records.
Police said McNary was in custody on Wednesday evening, just days
before the Colts play the New England Patriots in the American
Football Conference Championship on Sunday with the winner headed to
the Super Bowl.
The charges against McNary come a day after an independent probe
found the league failed to properly investigate a domestic assault
incident in which running back Ray Rice punched his then-fiancee on
an elevator in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The Rice incident, along with a spate of domestic abuse cases among
players including Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson, brought
down a firestorm of public criticism on the most popular U.S. sports
league.
 McNary is accused of attacking the 29-year-old woman when she
rejected his advances and raped her in his Indianapolis apartment on
Dec. 1, according to court documents.
After assault, the woman fled the apartment with McNary's cell
phone, which investigators used to identify him, court documents
showed.
The woman told investigators that she went out to drink with
coworkers in downtown Indianapolis on Nov. 30. She did not recall
how or when she left the last tavern that night, but found herself
in an apartment of a stranger, who she recalled meeting earlier that
evening, court records said.
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When police arrived at McNary's apartment on Dec. 2 to apprehend
him, he said, "I know why you're here." He also preserved his
bedding, leaving it unwashed, for investigators, according to court
documents.
Since the alleged incident, McNary played in four regular season
games and two playoff games for the Colts, according to NFL.com.
Team officials told ESPN that they are aware of the allegations.
"Unfortunately that's the limit of our knowledge," the team said in
a statement to the network.
McNary attended West Point played football at Army before signing
with the Colts as a free agent in April 2013.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Editing by
Lisa Shumaker)
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