COLUMBUS: Authorities say an Ohio State University drum major instructor accused of sexually assaulting a student has pleaded guilty to a sexual battery charge.
A Franklin County prosecutor’s spokeswoman says 29-year-old Stewart Kitchen entered the plea Monday in Columbus.
Court documents allege the assault occurred at Kitchen’s Columbus home in April 2015 after Kitchen and the 19-year-old woman went out drinking. He previously pleaded not guilty to charges including rape.
All of the other charges were dismissed as part of the plea bargain.
A message seeking comment was left with Kitchen’s attorney.
Kitchen could face up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced June 29.
He was indicted less than a year after Ohio State fired the band’s director for allowing “a sexualized culture.”