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- March 27, 1996
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Another Bad Bounce for Basketball Star
Oral Roberts University, with its 18-9 basketball season,
yesterday became at least the fourth school to slam the door on ace
shooting guard and convicted sex felon Richie Parker.
Coach Bill Self had told The Source yesterday morning that "we
are inquiring about the availability, eligibility and personal
background" of Parker, 19, who last year got five years' probation
after pleading guilty to forcing a 15-year-old girl to have oral sex
with him and a friend under a school stairwell in New York.
"We have not seen the kid, we have not had him on campus, we
have not met him. We have not done anything you would consider
serious recruitment," ...