A felony rape charge has been refiled against former BYU wide receiver Parker Kingston.
Kingston, who last played for BYU in 2025, was expelled by the school after he was initially charged in February of 2026. A woman says that Kingston raped her in February of 2025 after they engaged in other sexual acts before she refused to have intercourse with him. She had also allegedly told him to not come to her apartment that night if sex was the only reason for his visit.
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Three days after their encounter took place, the woman contacted a neighbor who works in law enforcement to inquire about what she should do if she had been sexually assaulted. Four days after the alleged rape took place, it was reported to police.
The initial charge against Kingston was dismissed in June after prosecutors asked for a delay because the alleged victim was not ready to testify. While Kingston has maintained that the sexual encounter with the woman was consensual, the new charge also includes an admission to police that he felt “bad” about what happened.
The new filing includes a graphic text exchange between Kingston and a person identified K.W. that includes a vulgar term for sexual intercourse. During an interview with police in November 2025, investigators asked Kingston what the term meant and he told them “to have sex.”
“The defendant told officers that he felt bad for what happened,” according to court documents.
The woman, according to the filing, told Kingston “no” four times before he assaulted her. Kingston told police in that interview that “all sexual activity with A.M. was consensual.”
Kingston’s attorneys said that the new probable-cause statement is “one-sided” and accused Washington County Attorney Jerry Jaeger of “gamesmanship.”
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Kingston was BYU’s leading receiver in 2025 with 67 catches for 928 yards and five touchdowns. The 2026 season would have been his final season of eligibility after he redshirted during the 2022 season.
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