The Landon School Lacrosse Incidents

In March 2006, five of the Duke Lacrosse players were charged with rape and were from The Landon School in Bethesda. Three of the players from Landon were suspended over false accusations that a stripper was raped at an off-campus party. All chargers were dropped against the players.  The DNA testing that was ordered by the prosecution failed to connect to any of the players. George Huguely and Conor Cassidy, Landon Bears Lacrosse captains said that it was rough for both of them to deal with, and not possible to ignore. Huguely said "I sympathize for the team. They've been scrutinized so hard and no one knows what has happened yet."

George Huguely 2006

Yeardley Reynolds Love was born July 17, 1987. She attended the University of Virginia and was on the Womens lacrosse team. She was a lacrosse star. Love was found dead by her roommate the morning of May 3, 2010 in her off-campus apartment. Charlottesville Police say that her injuries were obvious and very severe. Love’s roommate thought that she had suffered from alcohol poisoning.  Early reports from an autopsy say she suffered physical trauma.  Love was set to graduate in May 2010. Love lived with her mother, Sharon and her sister, Lexie.  Love’s father had deceased.

Yeardley Love

 George Huguely, UVA men’s lacrosse player and Love's ex boyfriend, had been charged with Love’s murder and is awaiting trial. Huguely is from the wealthy, Chevy Chase, MD and was an honor student at The Landon School in Behtesda, MD.  Charlottesville Police say that Huguely was corporative in working with them. Huguely was involved in a pervious run in with the police. Huguely was stumbling into traffic in Lexington, VA where he was visiting friends.  The arresting officer said he threatened to kill her, and started fighting with her. She then had to tase him and put him into handcuffs. He pleaded guilty to the public intoxication charges. Four years earlier, Huguely was interviewed by the Washington Post about former teammates, and now he is stuck in a similar position.  The Landon School received bad press for this incident in particular.  My brother Michael, who is a Senior at Landon, received a lot of bad mouthing from students from other schools at sports events.  Michael said that other schools would yell at Landon "rapists and women killers." People would also say that Landon is an elite school where athletes are not held accountable for their actions, which is false.  It just so happens that these two incidents were by men who had attended Landon. It is sad that the school and the students have to hear such negativity for something that they did not do and that is out of their hands and for something that is not true.