A former University of St. Thomas student was charged Monday in Ramsey County District Court with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with an off-campus assault of a first-year student on March 5, 2022.

A St. Thomas student filed a police report against Jack Samuel Osborne, a 2022 St. Thomas graduate and former member of the men’s track and field team, after attending an off-campus party where she was sexually assaulted, according to the criminal complaint.

The assault allegedly occurred in a house with members of the men’s track team on Lincoln Avenue, where Osborne lived at the time.

Osborne graduated two months after the alleged assault, according to the University of St. Thomas. Osborne’s last season with the team was in 2020, the university said.

According to the criminal complaint:

The woman, who was a first-year student at the time, had been attending an initiation party for the track team earlier that night, then went to a separate off-campus party around 9 p.m. at the home of members of the St. Thomas men’s track team.

Upon leaving the first party, the woman was intoxicated. The woman recounted feeling highly intoxicated and throwing up in the bathroom upon arriving at the second party with her teammates.

The woman recalled throwing up, blacking out and then waking to an unknown male penetrating her. She described being in a state of shock, unable to move or say anything, and then lost consciousness again.

When she regained consciousness, the woman recalled seeing someone come into the room and then exit quickly. Another person entered the room and talked with Osborne, before Osborne left the room. The woman then started to cry and asked the person to help her locate her pants.

The captain of the women’s track and field team told police that she helped carry the woman to a car after finding her crying on a couch. The captain said that the woman “kept saying she didn’t know who he was and she didn’t say yes,” according to the criminal complaint. The captain then brought her back to her dorm and left her with a roommate.

The woman called her sister the next day and told her she was drunk at a party the night before and had been sexually assaulted. The woman’s sister advised her to go to the hospital and file a police report.

The woman told police she had never seen Osborne before that night.

Osborne was arrested. He then said he did not do anything and opted not to speak to police.

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension compared samples from the woman’s sexual assault examination to DNA collected from a condom in Osborne’s room. The results showed that the samples matched to a degree that it “would not be expected to occur more than once among unrelated individuals in the world population.”

Osborne’s first hearing will take place on April 17. Osborne could face a penalty of up to 15 years in prison and/or a $30,000 fine, according to the criminal complaint. Court records did not list an attorney for Osborne.

The University of St. Thomas provided this statement upon request:

“Jack Osborne was a University of St. Thomas student-athlete on the track and field team roster until spring 2020. He graduated in May 2022 and is no longer enrolled at the university.

“All sexual misconduct allegations that are reported to the university are taken seriously and handled in accordance with our processes. Students who report sexual misconduct are provided support and resources. Per educational privacy laws, we are unable to disclose information regarding complaints by or disciplinary actions taken against current and former students.”

Macy Berendsen can be reached at macyberendsen@stthomas.edu.
Owen Larson can be reached at lars6521@stthomas.edu.
Sam Larson can be reached at sam.larson@stthomas.edu.