INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts put Josh McNary on the commissioner’s exempt list Thursday, less than 24 hours after prosecutors charged the backup linebacker with rape, criminal confinement with bodily injury and battery resulting in bodily injury.
The designation means McNary is not eligible to practice with the Colts or attend their games, including Sunday’s AFC Championship against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium.
Team officials issued a statement Wednesday after the prosecutor’s office released a report detailing the charges and the accounts of McNary and a 29-year-old woman who made the allegations. The woman’s name was redacted in the report.
Ed Schrager, McNary’s lawyer, issued a statement early Thursday saying his client denied the allegations and immediately reported to law enforcement officials.
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