And I believe you should do the thing that makes you happy and gives you peace. That summer, a 4-year-old boy who attended the McCarty daycare accused Kelley of molesting him. But even in the middle of the nightmare, he found bright spots. "Picked up my long overdue high school diploma yesterday at Leander High School," he wrote on Instagram. He made friends on the inside whom he keeps in touch with daily, and he said he intends to start a prison ministry to help people serious about turning their life around. ", Catch Justin Sylvester's interview with Greg Kelley on the Aug. 19 episode of E! If youre that sure he did it youll give him no jail time, but if he is that adamant about not pleading guilty, youll give hima 25 year sentence?" Read More: Where Is Johnathan McCarty Now? "You really start looking at Greg and realize not only can this kid move well, he'll probably play on Saturdays at a big-time program. Kelley acknowledged there are "cobwebs" to dust off, but he's kept in great shape, working out in Texas with several NFL players, including former Lion Quandre Diggs. Furthermore, an investigator used questionable tactics to interview the children. [1] Kelley was sentenced to 25 years in prison with no possibility for parole. Between Kelley, his family and his fiance, the tears wereflowing. Greg Hansen column: Wolfgang Weber's last three Salpointe boys soccer teams have gone a combined 57-5-3. It unfolds with astonishing and incomprehensible details of how poorly the case was handled by the district attorneys office and police department and relies heavily on the support that rose up around for the accused. Kelly Gregg has not been elected into the His name wasn't cleared yet, but the young man was feeling hopeful. Eastern Michigan wasn't sure what to expect from him on the field, given he hadn't played in years, but the potential was there to make an impact, coachesagreed. He had proposed to her in 2017 just a day after a Texas judge ordered to vacate his conviction. A few days after the arrest, another child came forward and said that he too was forced to indulge in sexual acts, however, he later recanted. All the while, he insisted he was innocent. Kelley's case dates back to 2013, when he was a standout football player in Leander, Texas, who was committed to UTSA. Since he moved back to Austin last fall, Kelley has been working out with former Texas running back Jeremy Hills, an elite football trainer. Leander, TX. Kelley signed with Eastern because of a prior relationship with defensive coordinator Neal Neathery, who got Kelley to commit to Texas-San Antonio when he was on the staff there. There was no way he was going to get convicted on the evidence they didn't have. Kelley's case was documented in this summer's five-part Showtime documentary, "Outcry.". Kelley. "I am excited to announce that I have been offered a D1 full ride scholarship to play football for [Eastern Michigan]!!" As "Outcry" points out, McCarty's initial lawyer was close friends with the McCarty family and she declined to look at himas a potential subject. "You had no idea who I was after my conviction," Kelley saidin court on the day of his exoneration. I hit the jackpot. And "I want this kid to feel like he's been delivered justice. Texas is my dream school, Kelley told Horns247. There has not been another arrest in connection with Kelley's case specifically, though McCarty has been arrested and later convicted for other sex crimes. Outcry is a five-part docuseries on Showtime that filmmaker Pat Kondelis made after he got invested into the story of Gregory Kelley and the sexual assault case that he was involved in. Now 25, Kelley has worked since his conviction to clear his name in hopes of fulfilling a dream of playing college football. "I've got this opportunity to seize to play football," Kelley told ESPN in February. His new attorney,Keith Hampton, filed multiple motions, alleging thatthe police investigation was shoddy and that Kelley wasn't properly represented at trial. Agirlhadaccused him of drugging and assaulting her at a frat party in 2015, when she was 15 and he was 18.). College football administrators are looking at ways to reduce the number of plays in games in the name of player safety, with a tweak in clock operating procedures likely the first step. Birthplace. They both may have had too much confidence in the system, but at least in the end, her faith and trust in Greg was not misplaced. The legal team also filed documents naming an alternate suspect, Johnathan McCarty. It appears he will end his Eastern Michigan career before Kelleys supporters rallied to show their support of the convicted teen, and to point out the apparentholes in the case. Gregory has since also founded a company by the name of Tomahawk Targets, which makes custom axe throwing boards and corn hole sets, and has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Cedar Park and several of its officers for his wrongful conviction. No one has been charged in the case since Kelley was cleared. The legal team also filed documents naming an alternate suspect, Johnathan McCarty. This was an actual ballplayer.". wife Gaebri, who supported him throughout the whole ordeal, before his conviction was officially vacated while she attended the Broadway Dance Center. Its been hard for me to hold a job, pass a background check. Kelley, whose story is told in the Stan docuseries Outcry, was just 17 when the accusations were made. The efforts of activist Jake Braydon and the legal work of defense lawyer, After getting out of prison in 2017, a friend of Kelley's convinced former Longhorns' running back, , who is now an elite performance coach to NFL players such as. Kelly Michael Gregg (born November 1, 1976) is a radio personality and a former American football nose tackle. He currently contributes to various radio programs in Oklahoma City on 107.7 "The Franchise". He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oklahoma . It appears he will end his Eastern Michigan career before playing a single game. He told Oxygen.comthat the prosecutors' office didn't get "any legal blame in any of this," which he said was unfair. Few people experience the momentum that Kelley had going into his senior year in Leander, Texas. In 2013, with four scholarship offers on the table, a steady girlfriend and the future looking bright, the 17-year-old was accused ofmolesting a 4-year-old boy. He recently married his long term girlfriend, the love of his life, Gaebri Anderson, who stuck by him all these years. Texas Ranger Cody Mitchell, tasked with leading the new investigation in 2017, testified that August that he had determined that the Cedar Park Police had botched the original investigation. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Kelley asked his future father-in-law for his daughter's hand in marriage while he was still locked upbut he didn't propose until after he was out. Just last week he showed off the high school diploma he finally had a chance to go and get in person. Early on, as soon as his name was out there, the case was taken up in the court of public opinion by child welfare activistsand the Internet took it from there. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! All rights reserved. Give me a shot.' Though he may be 25, there's some belief that he could make a legitimate impact on the field. Then he was accused of molesting a four-year-old boy and his life fell apart. In May 2017, newly elected Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick agreed to reopen the investigation, and that August, Kelley was released on a $50,000 bond. "They just excluded any other possible theories about what else could have happened," Dick said of hispredecessors. It's testimony, so how does a prosecutor overcome that? A second boy also came forward but later recanted his accusation against Kelley. Kelley was accepted at the University of Texas and, after getting a walk-on tryout this spring, hopes toplay for theLonghorns. Hes a productive member of society.". I was still convicted. ", He calls his wife, Gaebri Anderson, "totally unreal," adding, "I don't think there's a woman out there that can compare to the amount of heart and faith she hasI would be a damn fool to ever try to let that go. "It breaks my family's heart because I don't deserve that, they don't deserve that. Hills, who trains NFL players including Earl Thomas III and Landon Collins, said he was blown away by what he saw after he initially offered Kelley a chance to work out with him as a favor after following his case in the local news. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. ", He added, "The heartache and division it has created in our town is something that should never happen.". From what he told ESPN, Kelley's got some serious talent. at the time. Kelley, 26, was officially part of the Eastern Michigan's 2021 signing class, and played in the Eagles' spring game April 16, recording an interception. Its been hard to just even live everyday life with the fear of being torn away from my family. Chip Brown of Horns247 contributed to this story. As Showtimes new docuseries Outcry shows, many in the community hadtheir doubts about Kelleys guilt despite his conviction. In 2013, with four scholarship offers on the table, a steady girlfriend and the future looking bright, the 17-year-old was accused ofmolesting a 4-year-old boy. Binge These True Crime Shows and Documentaries, He was convicted in 2014 of super-aggravated assault on a child and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Therefore, even though there was no concrete evidence, apart from his name, and that there was another probable suspect, Jonathan McCarty, Greg was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole and with only the right to file for a new trial. No other It was definitely hard. But, he added, "I want justice." We're running a new-subscriber special. A former Cedar Park resident named Jake Brydon helped pay forhis defense through the appeals process. The crime? There were still chains hanging off of me. Weeks later, a new judge in the Texas district court where Kelley was originally convicted held a hearing and said, "I declare you innocent, and you are fully exonerated.". In 2013, Greg Kelley, a high school football star, was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old. ", He added, "The heartache and division it has created in our town is something that should never happen. Dailey resigned in July, according to Spectrum News, and the city sent a letter tothe district attorney's office requesting an investigation into the now-former police sergeant's conduct. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Before he was incarcerated, he was verbally committed to play safety for the University of Texas at San Antonios football team, which meant that he had to have been really good. And so, finally unafraid and willing to move on in life, he enrolled in UT Austin, a public university in Austin, Texas, where he is majoring in Kinesiology and Health Education. That's how Eastern Michigan's newest football recruit, Greg Kelley, chooses to look at life these days, after an eight-year, nationally publicized saga that saw the one-time top-shelf Texas high-school football star wrongfully convicted for child sexual assault and spend three-and-a-half years in prison. Previously, he was the co-host of Facebook; Twitter; Facebook Messenger; Pinterest; Email; print; Greg Kelley, a former Texas high school football player who was legally exonerated last November following a wrongful conviction in 2014 in a child sexual assault case, has signed with Eastern Michigan on a football scholarship. The Most Shocking Crimes Covered on E! But there are no assurances, especially now in a global pandemic that might put the college football season in jeopardy. 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