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1. BYU expels receiver Parker Kingston days after arrest on rape charge, Salt Lake Tribune, February 13, 2026.
2. BYU says star wide receiver charged with felony rape is no longer a student there, AP News, February 13, 2026.
3. BYU says Parker Kingston is no longer a student or member of the football team , The Daily Universe, February 13, 2026.
4. BYU receiver Parker Kingston arrested on felony rape charge , Universe Sports, February 11, 2026.
5. BYU standout receiver Parker Kingston charged with first-degree rape in Utah, AP News, February 11, 2026.
6. BYU football player arrested on suspicion of rape in Washington County, KSL News Radio, February 11, 2026.
7. STATE OF UTAH vs. PARKER TRENT KINGSTON (ONGOING RAPE), Xchange Utah Court, February 10, 2026.
8. BYU WR Parker Kingston Arrested On Felony Rape Accusation In Utah, International Business Times, February 12, 2026.
9. BYU’s Parker Kingston talks faith, trusting God on ‘Faith Huddle’, Deseret News, January 21, 2026.

• 1. BYU expels receiver Parker Kingston days after arrest on rape charge

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  BYU expelled former football standout Parker Kingston from the university Friday night after he was arrested and jailed earlier this week on a felony rape charge.

  Kingston, who led the Cougars in receiving yards (924) and receptions (66) in 2025, is no longer part of the football program, according to a statement from BYU athletics.

  “University administration and athletic administration, including BYU head coach Kalani Sitake, were only made aware of the investigation and allegations after Kingston’s arrest this past Wednesday, Feb. 11,” according to the statement.

  Kingston, 21, made his first appearance in Washington County Fifth District Court on Friday afternoon remotely from the Purgatory Correctional Facility in Hurricane, Utah. Judge John Walton agreed to the terms Washington County chief deputy attorney Ryan Shaum and Cara Tangaro, Kingston’s defense attorney, set that Kingston be released on a $100,000 bond with $10,000 cash immediately paid to the court.

  The charge stems from a reported sexual assault on Feb. 23, 2025, in St. George, Utah, which is located more than 250 miles south of Provo near the Arizona border. The probable cause affidavit released this week stated that the alleged victim, who was 20 years old at the time, reported the sexual assault allegations to officers at the St. George Regional Hospital on Feb. 27.

  Kingston later told investigators that all sexual activity with the woman was consensual, according to the affidavit.

  Among the requirements Walton set for Kingston’s release were:

  A required GPS ankle monitor for at least the next 60 days.

• 2. BYU says star wide receiver charged with felony rape is no longer a student there

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  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Brigham Young University said Friday that standout wide receiver Parker Kingston is no longer a student at the Utah private school after he was arrested this week on a first-degree felony rape charge.

  Kingston, 21, made his initial court appearance Friday in St. George, where prosecutors say a woman who was 20 years old at the time told officers that Kingston assaulted her at her home last February. He was arrested following a yearlong investigation in which detectives collected digital and forensic evidence and interviewed witnesses, Washington County Attorney Jerry Jaeger said.

  “I found by clear and convincing evidence that Mr. Kingston was a danger to the community,” Judge John Walton said during the hearing.

  Still, Walton allowed Kingston to be released Friday on a $100,000 bond with $10,000 cash immediately paid to the court after he was held initially without bail.

  His defense attorney, Cara Tangaro, agreed that Kingston could have no contact with his accuser or any potential witnesses, must stay off social media and would wear a GPS ankle monitor to ensure he doesn’t return to the southwestern Utah county, except for court appearances. He appeared before the judge by remote video link from jail Friday.

• 3. BYU says Parker Kingston is no longer a student or member of the football team

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  Brigham Young University announced Friday, Feb. 13, that Parker Kingston, the Cougars’ top returning receiver, is no longer a student at Brigham Young University or a member of the football program following his recent arrest on felony rape charges.

  “University administration and athletic administration, including BYU Head Coach Kalani Sitake, were only made aware of the investigation and allegations after Kingston’s arrest this past Wednesday, Feb. 11,” the statement announced.

  Kingston was arrested earlier this week and appeared in court on Friday afternoon, where bail was set at $100,000 bond or $10,000 cash.

  As part of his release conditions, Kingston is prohibited from contacting the alleged victim or potential witnesses, posting on social media, entering Washington County without court approval and must wear a GPS ankle monitor.

  If Kingston accepts the bail conditions, he is expected to be released Friday night. His next court date is Feb. 25, ahead of a preliminary hearing set for April 13.

• 4. BYU receiver Parker Kingston arrested on felony rape charge

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  first-degree felony rape charge has been filed against BYU receiver Parker Kingston, according to a news release from the Washington County Attorney’s Office.

  The arrest stems from an alleged incident that occurred on February 23, 2025, in St. George, Utah.

  According to police, the case followed a year-long investigation by the St. George Police Department.

  The investigation began after a woman, who was 20 years old at the time, reported to officers at a St. George hospital that Kingston had assaulted her. Police collected digital and forensic evidence and conducted interviews with witnesses and others involved.

  BYU acknowledged the arrest on Wednesday in a statement released by its athletic department.

  “BYU became aware today of the arrest of Parker Kingston,” the statement read. “The university takes any allegation very seriously and will cooperate with law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment.”

  Kingston, 21, was BYU’s leading receiver during the 2025 season, finishing with 66 receptions, 924 receiving yards, and five touchdowns. He also rushed for 199 yards and a touchdown.

  He is currently being held without bail in Washington County and is scheduled to appear in Utah's 5th Judicial District Court on Friday.

• 5. BYU standout receiver Parker Kingston charged with first-degree rape in Utah

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  Prosecutors in Utah have filed a first-degree felony rape charge against Brigham Young University standout wide receiver Parker Kingston, officials said Wednesday.

  Kingston, 21, is being held without bail in St. George, a city near Arizona, Washington County prosecutors said. His initial appearance in court is scheduled for Friday.

  The investigation began last February, prosecutors said in a news release. A woman who was 20 years old at the time told officers at a St. George hospital that Kingston assaulted her on Feb. 23, 2025, prosecutors said. Police gathered digital and forensic evidence and interviewed the parties involved and other witnesses, prosecutors said.

  It was not clear if Kingston had an attorney. He didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment. A phone message left for his family was not immediately returned.

  BYU said in a statement that it takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement. It said it would not be able to comment further due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students.

  Kingston had a team-leading 67 receptions and 928 yards with five TD catches last season. He also rushed for 199 yards on 25 carries with a score, and returned 17 punts for 230 yards and a TD.

• 6. BYU football player arrested on suspicion of rape in Washington County

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  SALT LAKE CITY — A BYU football player was charged on suspicion of rape Tuesday.

  According to a press release from the Washington County Attorney’s Office, Parker Trent Kingston, 21, has been charged with felony rape.

  The attorney’s office said the investigation began in February 2025, when a 20-year-old woman reported to police officers in St. George that she had been sexually assaulted. She claimed that Kingston assaulted her on Feb. 23, 2025.

  Detectives with the St. George Police Department then gathered digital and forensic evidence and interviewed people involved in the case before turning it over to the Washington County Attorney’s Office.

  Kingston has been taken into police custody in Washington County and is being held without bail. He has an initial court appearance scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13, at 1:30 p.m.

  BYU released the following statement:

  BYU became aware today of the arrest of Parker Kingston. The university takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement. Due to federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment.

  The Washington County Attorney’s Office is asking anyone with additional information about this case to contact them at 435-301-7100.

• 7. STATE OF UTAH vs. PARKER TRENT KINGSTON (ONGOING RAPE)

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  FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT - ST GEORGE DISTRICT COURT
  WASHINGTON COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH
  STATE OF UTAH vs. PARKER TRENT KINGSTON
  CASE NUMBER 261500269 State Felony
  CHARGES

  Charge 1 - 76-5-402 - RAPE - 1st Degree Felony
  Offense Date: February 23, 2025
  Location: Washington County
  Mandatory Appearance

• 8. BYU WR Parker Kingston Arrested On Felony Rape Accusation In Utah

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  The numbers tell one story. Sixty-six receptions. 924 receiving yards. Five touchdowns. Add almost 200 rushing yards and another score and you have the breakout season of a 21‑year‑old wide receiver who, until a few days ago, looked like Brigham Young University's next great offensive star.

  Then, on a February day in Utah, the statistics stopped mattering. Parker Trent Kingston was arrested and charged with felony rape. Overnight, the conversation around him shifted from playbooks and draft projections to police reports and court dates.

  For a university that wraps faith and character into its sporting identity, the accusation has landed with particular force.
  BYU WR Parker Kingston Arrested: From Breakout Star To Defendant

  According to court documents filed in Washington County, Kingston is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in St. George, Utah. The alleged incident took place off campus and was reported to police on 23 February 2025, triggering a criminal investigation that has now moved squarely into the courts.

  Kingston, who became BYU's leading receiver in the 2025 season, was taken into custody in Utah and formally charged with felony rape. No plea has been entered publicly, and under US law he is presumed innocent until proven guilty. For the moment, he is being held without bail and is scheduled to appear in Utah's 5th Judicial District Court on Friday.

  The bare outline is depressingly familiar: a young woman reports an assault; detectives gather witness statements and forensic evidence; a high-profile athlete finds his name shifted from sports pages to crime briefs. Yet the details matter, and so does the setting.

  Brigham Young University, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has long projected itself as a moral outlier in big-time American college sport. Players sign an honour code. Alcohol, premarital sex and late-night chaos are officially off the table. To many of its supporters, that is precisely the point.

  So when one of its most visible football players is booked on a rape charge, it is not simply another scandal; it is a direct challenge to the narrative BYU has carefully built.

  The university's initial response was brisk and deliberately narrow. In a statement from its athletic department, BYU confirmed it was aware of Kingston's arrest and the charge against him. 'The university takes any allegation very seriously, and will cooperate with law enforcement,' the statement read, adding that because of 'federal and university privacy laws and practices for students, the university will not be able to provide additional comment'.

  Behind that legal phrasing, some clear actions have already been taken. BYU has confirmed that Kingston is no longer participating in any team activities, and multiple reports in US outlets suggest he is not currently enrolled at the university at all. Officials have not spelled out whether that status is temporary or permanent, but in practice it mirrors what many colleges call administrative suspension – a way of stepping back from an athlete while insisting that no final judgement has yet been made.

  For Kingston, the implications are immediate and brutal. A season that should have put him firmly on the radar of NFL scouts has instead placed him in a county jail cell, waiting to hear how prosecutors intend to proceed.
  BYU WR Parker Kingston Case Exposes Deeper Fault Lines In College Sport

  Strip away the team colours and this is, at its core, a criminal case. Prosecutors in Washington County are now reviewing the police findings – the woman's report of rape, any medical examinations carried out, phone records, potential witnesses – before deciding how aggressively to pursue the charge.

  But because Kingston is not just any 21‑year‑old, the fallout radiates far beyond a single courtroom.

  College athletics, particularly American football, has an ugly history of mishandling sexual assault allegations involving star players. At some universities, powerful programmes have leaned on victims, minimised claims or quietly ushered accused athletes away without ever admitting fault. Others, burned by past failures, have swung towards a near-automatic severing of ties the moment a serious allegation hits the police blotter.

  BYU now finds itself in the crosshairs of that tension. Critics will ask whether the university is doing enough to support the woman who came forward. Supporters will worry – not always in bad faith – about due process for a player whose guilt or innocence is still to be tested.

  Advocacy groups are already pointing to the Kingston case as a reminder of how precarious reporting still feels for many survivors in campus-linked settings. For a student or young woman in a college town, the idea of accusing a celebrated athlete is daunting at the best of times. When the institution in question wields religious authority as well as academic and sporting clout, the power imbalance can feel even sharper.

  They argue, with some justification, that this is why clear, transparent policies matter: confidential reporting channels independent of coaching staffs, robust support for complainants, and a willingness to let the criminal justice system do its work without behind‑the‑scenes interference.

  At the same time, there is a quieter, more cynical reality that everyone in college sports understands: unresolved felony charges often destroy playing careers regardless of the eventual verdict. Sponsors back away, coaches recruit elsewhere, and even an acquittal can struggle to compete with the first, more explosive headlines. For Kingston, whose 2025 season looked like the launchpad to a lucrative professional future, that risk is now very real.

  What makes this case particularly difficult for BYU is that it strikes at three fault lines at once: the behaviour of a high‑profile athlete, the safety of women in and around a university community, and the credibility of an institution that trades heavily on the idea that it holds its students to a higher standard.

  The legal process will be slow, methodical and, by design, unspectacular. There will be motions, hearings, perhaps a trial. Lawyers on both sides will argue over evidence that, for now, remains sealed behind the bland language of affidavits and charging documents.

  Outside, though, the judgement has already begun. Fans, students and alumni are weighing what they know of Kingston on the field against what is alleged off it. Prospective recruits and their parents are watching how BYU behaves under pressure. Survivors of sexual assault, within and beyond the campus, are paying close attention to whether this case leads to silence, spin or something more honest.

  For the moment, all that is truly fixed is this: a young woman told police she was raped in St. George; a young man who once lit up Saturday afternoons in Provo is sitting in a cell in Washington County; and a university that likes to present itself as morally distinct is being forced to show exactly what that distinction looks like when the accusations hit uncomfortably close to home.

• 9. BYU’s Parker Kingston talks faith, trusting God on ‘Faith Huddle’

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  Three seasons ago, BYU receiver Parker Kingston found himself at a crossroads.

  Unhappy, Kingston was considering leaving BYU, he told Shawn Tanuvasa on Friday’s episode of Center Street Media’s “Faith Huddle.”

  “I was almost leaving because I wasn’t happy. I just saw myself being in the same position each year,” he said.

  Kingston found himself turning to God for guidance.

  “I’d always just get down and pray, like, ‘Please help me. Please lead me in a direction that I need to go and I just kept feeling like I needed to stay,” he said.
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  Following the 2024 season, Kingston was at the same crossroads again.

  “Alright, I need to go somewhere because we got all the receivers coming back. I’m going to be in the same position,” Kingston recalled thinking at the time.

  After praying, the receiver decided to stay in Provo another season.

  He thought, “‘No, I got to stay. Everything’s going to work out.’”

  “And it did. This year I had the best year of my life, and I wouldn’t have had this much success if I had left and went somewhere else,” Kingston said.

  Faith has played a large role in Kingston’s life, especially last season. Here are two other takeaways from his appearance on the podcast.
  The best part of Parker Kingston’s 2025

  Kingston had a big 2025 for the Cougars, leading the team with 928 receiving yards and 67 receptions. His five touchdowns were the second-most among receivers, only trailing Chase Roberts’ six.

  But the best part of the year for Kingston came off the field, he said.
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  After watching his brother go through the temple as he prepared to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Kingston felt inspired to go through the temple himself.

  “Once I went through the temple, I was like, ‘Yeah, this is what all, everything I did this year — scoring touchdowns, catching passes — that was the best moment of my 2025 right there.’"
  Using prayer to overcome adversity

  In the first quarter of BYU’s game against Texas Tech last season, the Cougar defense held the Red Raiders to a three-and-out, forcing a punt on Tech’s first drive.

  But Kingston muffed the punt, giving the Red Raiders the ball back, which resulted in a field goal.

  Kingston described it as “probably the worst time drop” he had. But it wasn’t the hardest mistake he had to overcome this season, he said.
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  The hardest, according to Kingston, were his fumbles against Portland State and Stanford in the first two games of the season. The latter resulted in his benching.

  Following those fumbles, Kingston turned to God in prayer.

  “I just prayed for like an open mind, a clear mind to help me be the best individual and person that I can be on and off the field,” he said. “I pray for that every day, just giving me opportunities to be a light on other people and use my platform to inspire kids. I just kept praying for that open mind, ‘Give me health, give me strength,’ and it came to light.”

  Kingston was able to rebound from those mistakes for his best season yet, including three 100-yard games. He will return to BYU for the 2026 season, ready to build off his 2025 success.