Former Vanderbilt football player and police officer sentenced to 26 years in prison for sex crimes
A former Vanderbilt football player turned police officer has been sentenced to 26 years in prison following a conviction of statutory rape. He was sentenced on April 12 and does not have the possibility of parole.
Cassen Jackson-Garrison was found guilty for grooming and having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 2021. The convictions on nine of 10 counts included charges of solicitation of a minor, rape and statutory rape, among others.
Jackson-Garrison played football at Central High School in Knoxville and Vanderbilt University.
Cassen was in trouble back in 2016 as well, when he was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old girl while on patrol. He plead guilty to statutory rape, but his charges were dismissed after completing the two years of probation.
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