In 2012, Kelley had moved into his friend Johnathan McCartys home which also served as an in-home daycare facility when his own parents fell ill. At the time, he was a popular football star for Leander High School in Cedar Park who received a scholarship in June of 2013 to play football at University of Texas at San Antonio. Court documents filed by Hamptonin December 2018 stated that they also had athird suspect, whose name was not made public,who hada prior arrest on a charge of indecency with a child and had also lived in the home where the abuseallegedly took place. ", He added, "The heartache and division it has created in our town is something that should never happen.". That commitment eventually landed him at Eastern Michigan, where Neal Neathery is defensive coordinator. Few people experience the momentum that Kelley had going into his senior year in Leander, Texas. I had friends since I was a baby who were saying, 'I can't believe you are sticking by him.' 2023 E! But while that was the outcome Kelley had been praying for, his life hasn't simply snapped back to normal. A former Cedar Park resident named Jake Brydon helped pay forhis defense through the appeals process. Kelley's case is the subject of "Outcry," a five-hour Showtime documentary series released in July that focuses on his conviction and the six-year attempt to overturn it. WebGregory Raymond "Greg" Kelly (born December 17, 1968) is an American broadcast journalist. As a junior at Leander High School, Kelley was offered a scholarship to UTSA by Neal Neathery, the Roadrunners defensive coordinator on the staff of then-head coach Larry Coker. All rights reserved. Greg Kelleyhas hopes and dreams, like a lot of people. ", Strangers really did come out of the woodwork. [4], Pat Kondelis is also the director of Disgraced, a 2017 Emmy Award winning Showtime documentary about the 2003 murder of Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy and the attempted, related cover-up of NCAA violations rampant in the Baylor basketball program by Coach Dave Bliss. It was definitely hard. We actually had a trip planned for the next day.". "But you called my broken mother and promised her you would do everything you could to fight for me.". Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. Entertainment Television, LLC A Division of NBCUniversal. News. I hit the jackpot. He said he has given Kelley some office space on his property for Kelley's new endeavor acompany calledTomahawkTargets,which makes customaxe throwing boardsand corn hole sets. Not everybody who gets falsely accused ever gets to see the other side of justice. Fortunately, Greg has been able to look forward in life. Brydon said. Defensive Back. Just last week he showed off the high school diploma he finally had a chance to go and get in person. Though he may be 25, there's some belief that he could make a legitimate impact on the field. Additionally, Kelley is looking for reparations for the injustice he experienced. Kelley was accused by a 4-year-old boy of sexually molesting him, even though some of the boys testimony pointed to another person living in the house - Johnathan McCarty - who was a couple of years younger than Kelley but had a striking resemblance to Kelley. His new attorney,Keith Hampton, filed multiple motions, alleging thatthe police investigation was shoddy and that Kelley wasn't properly represented at trial. Dickstated publicly in 2017 that his office had failed Kelley,The Austin American-Statesman reported that year. "It breaks my family's heart because I don't deserve that, they don't deserve that. ", Kelley also said that day, "I was given my freedom and I'm happy with it." 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. Kelley said in an Instagram post. Kelley's case"clearly was the perfect storm of all aspects of the criminal justice system failing," Dick told Oxygen.com. 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. Earning money proved tough while he was still a convicted felon, so he saved up for a ring doing yard work and other odd jobs. 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. This was an actual ballplayer.". Just last week he showed off the high school diploma he finally had a chance to go and get in person. News, "hate is a virus and I have to realign myself with what my purpose needs to be, every time I wake up. No one has been charged in the case since Kelley was cleared. There was no way he was going to get convicted on the evidence they didn't have. "We think he's going to be a really good player.". If GK could get through all the things he had to get through - getting cleared and then getting into the University of Texas - Id bet everything on him to do what it takes to earn the right to put on that Texas jersey. As he works on putting his world back together, buoyed by his faith and all the lovein his life(including from his now-wife Gaebri Anderson, thehigh school girlfriend who stuck by him throughouthisordeal), he's alsosuing thecity of Cedar Park, formerPolice Chief Sean Mannix and Sgt. 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. Kelley was enrolled at Texas and was preparing to try to walk on the football team, but right as that was about to happen, COVID-19 hit, and Texas halted the walk-on program. "When you're in there as a pedophile you're already the scum of the earth." "The physical was taken away from us," Gaebri, a cheerleader in high school who now teaches at a dance studio near Cedar Park, told thePost. The Most Shocking Crimes Covered on E! The Showtime mini-series premiered on July 5, 2020. That summer, a 4-year-old boy who attended the McCarty daycare accused Kelley of molesting him. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! "The physical was taken away from us," Gaebri, a cheerleader in high school who now teaches at a dance studio near Cedar Park, told thePost. Kelley had publicly expressed his hope that Dailey and Mannix would be fired, telling reporters outsideBurnet City Hall,"The reason why we wanted this to happen guys is because it's not about me, it's about the next person. 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"Worse than murder" when you're in prison, Kelley said in an interview last month with E! "Greg Kelley" redirects here. "But," he added, "it turned into about six or seven of them turning it more into a hatred towards me. WebKelly Gregg was born on November 1, 1976. "So I want to explore that, I want to be given an opportunity to go and show these coaches like, 'Hey, I can continue to play, I've got tons of heart. He was arrested during his senior year based on a sexual abuse allegation by a 4-year-old child in an in-home day care at a home where Kelley was staying with a friend and his family. Texas is my dream school, Kelley told Horns247. I knew what kind of person he was. She continued, "I had no doubt in my mind. He is 25 years old. These past two years have been a struggle, he said after his official exoneration. "We believe that much of Greg's youth has been taken away from him and we want to give him the opportunity to live out his dream of playing Division I football," Eastern Michigan coach Chris Creighton said Saturday. 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. True Hollywood Story Through the Years, In early November, when the appellate court agreed Kelley's conviction should be overturned, Hampton told reporters that prosecuting someone else for the crime would be a tricky case no matter what. He practiced with the team in 2020, but didn't see action in the shortened 2020 season because of a groin injury. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! ", Catch Justin Sylvester's interview with Greg Kelley on the Aug. 19 episode of E! Former Texas running back Jeremy Hills, a trainer with clients including Earl Thomas III and Landon Collins, has been training Kelley since he moved back to Austin last fall. The last football game Kelley played was in the Texas state playoffs. His story was the subject of the hit Showtime documentary, "Outcry," which Eastern Michigan officials watched before signing off on the scholarship offer. It's crazy! Greg Kelley was a high school football star with a loving girlfriend who was close to achieving his dream of attending the University of Texas on a scholarship. No other They tied the knot in Austin this past January. His team lost on a Hail Mary the year before, too. "[10], Michael Morton, who was mentioned in Outcry as also having been wrongfully convicted, expressed that the way the prosecutors are being presented in Outcry is problematic. He was unable to definitively conclude who the perpetrator was, but he had three suspects: Kelley, Johnathan McCarty and an unnamed third person. 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. Previously, he was the co-host of News. But while that was the outcome Kelley had been praying for, his life hasn't simply snapped back to normal. 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Two years later, in late 2019, Greg was finally exonerated with the belief that he is actually innocent of committing the offense., https://www.instagram.com/p/B4kczM4hmvk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link, In 2017, Greg Kelley was free, yes, but somehow, it felt the opposite for him. I myself was losing hope, but all these people started believing in me and they started to say, 'Hey, Greg, we're here for you man, we love you, we're gonna get you through this.' He debated whether to continue pursuing football or moving on in life, but ultimately decided to stick with it. Hes living the American dream. Together the couple resides in Texas, but they also move around to New York and Los Angeles from time to time. Following a walk-on tryout at Texas, Kelley signed as part of Eastern Michigans 2021 recruiting class and practiced with the team during the 2020 season. We actually had a trip planned for the next day.". Kelley hasn't played a football game since his junior year of high school in Leander, Texas, in 2013. ", But though Kelley is committed to holding the parties he feels are responsible for damaging his life"financially, emotionally, mentally, physically"accountable, he told E! Give me a shot.' Wrongly convicted former Leander safety Greg Kelley has entered his name in the NCAA transfer portal again, more than seven years after the former Texas high ", The Unanswered Questions of Unsolved Mysteries' Rey Rivera Episode. ", Shawn Dicktold reporters a few weeks later, "Wewere able at least to get to the truth of whether or not Greg Kelley should have been convicted and whether or not the trial was held appropriately. ", 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. Birthplace. Will he ever get to play football again? [E]ven though I didn't technically have a senior year as a normal high school student, the past is the past and the future is limitless. 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 We wanted to make sure that this guy did not want to come right next door to y'all's town, because I know you guys love your town just like we love ours, and do this to somebody else. During it, the prosecution got an indictment that pushed back the date of the assault from July 12, 2013, to as on or about April 15, 2013, a time period wherein Greg was physically present as a resident of the McCarty house and was around the daycare. Despite performing well, the program wasnt accepting walk-ons due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kelley'sconviction wasvacated in November 2019. #28. Greg Kelley went from a football hero to a wrongfully convicted sex offendersentenced to25 yearswithout parole. The suit contends that Daileywas told Kelley hadn't lived at the McCarty home since June 2013 but changed the date to make it look as if he was still there on the July date the assault was alleged to have occurred. And after Shawn Dick took office in 2016 and became the Williamson County district attorney, even the prosecutor's office sided with Kelley and his supporters. According to the lawsuit filed in May and obtained by the Austin American-Statesman, Kelley alleges that Daileydid not verify Kelley's location the day of the assault, did not investigate other suspects, falsified information about when the assault happened and deleted emails about the case. I hit the jackpot. Almost two years later, the appeals court agreed, sent their decision back to the district court to formally dismiss the indictment, and King declared an emotional Kelley "formally exonerated.". Well, I dont have that fear anymore.. Brydon said. He contendedthe police did a "truly deficient" job, claimed that Kelley's initialdefense attorney "had a conflict of interest," argued that the prosecution "had blinders on," and said the jurors didn't all go with their gut. "Football is a love of mine, something that I feel like has been given to me to love and to cherish and to experience," he told E! WebGreg. [12], Lawyer Robert Barnes highly recommends Outcry, stating, "What's also still unsettling is that even Texas Rangers and high-ranking law enforcement officers still don't know how to prosecute a child abuse case."[13]. In 2013, in the sprawling Texas suburbs of Leander, north of Austin, a standout high school football star by the name of Greg Kelley was charged for the sexual assault of two children, under the age of 5, who attended the daycare in the home where he was living. District Judge Donna King recommended in December 2017 that Kelley's conviction be overturned, writing in her decision that the state wouldn't have been able to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt ifcertain evidence that had come to light since had been presented at trial. Unfortunately, we were unable to get to the ultimate answer of what happened to the child. He had been fighting to overturn his conviction ever since it was handed down, but the campaign really picked up steam when Shawn Dick, a newly elected Williamson County district attorney, reopened the case. 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. [7] Metacritic rates Outcry 78% from 5 critics. Kelley wrote her letters with drawings of hearts all over themfrom prison. "I've gotta continue to live life.". 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. 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. Kelley's case dates back to 2013, when he was a standout football player in Leander, Texas, who was committed to UTSA. "Those guys taught me so much about getting through and persevering through such a place full of hatred and violence, and racists. "But," he added, "it turned into about six or seven of them turning it more into a hatred towards me. He had proposed to her in 2017 just a day after a Texas judge ordered to vacate his conviction. Christopher Dailey, who was the lead investigator on his case. In support of Kelley, a supporting groundswell emerged that called into question the small-town police force, their investigation, the prosecution's tactics, and ultimately the validity of the conviction[2] in one of the most controversial cases the county had ever seen. Greg Kelley, a former Texas high school football player who had his 2014 conviction in a child sexual assault case overturned due to a faulty investigation, will play football on scholarship for Eastern Michigan. Court documents filed by Hamptonin December 2018 stated that they also had athird suspect, whose name was not made public,who hada prior arrest on a charge of indecency with a child and had also lived in the home where the abuseallegedly took place. 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. In 2013, in the sprawling Texas suburbs of Leander, north of Austin, a standout high school football star by the name of Greg Kelley was Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. I didn't expect any of that. Hall of Fame coach Chris Ault has been named to the College Football Playoff selection committee, along with Miami (Ohio) athletic director David Sayler and Washington athletic director Jennifer Cohen. His team lost on a Hail Mary. From what he told ESPN, Kelley's got some serious talent. Kelley, whose story is told in the Stan docuseries Outcry, was just 17 when the accusations were made. "Everything that happens to me from here on out is a blessing. Furthermore, the filing also alleged, Cummings had previously represented this third suspect in another matter and therefore refrained from investigating that person as well. He finally was exonerated by Texas' court of appeals in November, and signed to play football with Eastern Michigan last week. Almost two years later, the appeals court agreed, sent their decision back to the district court to formally dismiss the indictment, and King declared an emotional Kelley "formally exonerated.". McCarty's family had taken Kelley in when Greg's own parents' health problems made it tough for them to take care of him. He always maintained his innocence, though, never once wavering from it. He entered the transfer portal, and within two weeks, he was an Eastern Michigan Eagle. Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops says transfer QB Devin Leary, who had season-ending surgery in 2022 for a pectoral injury, is "close to full go" for the Wildcats. "Being labeled a pedophile is worse than murder," Kelley explained. A 6-foot-2, 215-pound safety, Eastern Michigan offered Kelley a scholarship in September, less than a year after he was fully exonerated after having been convicted of sexually molesting a young boy in a case that drew headlines across the nation. The handsome young Texas football star seemingly had a ", 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. Read More: Where Is Johnathan McCarty Now? "It's what I love. Get the fastest scores, stats, news, LIVE videos, and more. All the while, he insisted he was innocent. His name wasn't cleared yet, but the young man was feeling hopeful. "It breaks my family's heart because I don't deserve that, they don't deserve that. Kelley has been completely exonerated and declared innocent. As of now, the Big 12 hasn't canceled football season due to COVID-19, unlike some of the other major college football conferences. Kelley, 25, attempted to walk-on at Texas ahead of the 2020 campaign. Its been hard to just even live everyday life with the fear of being torn away from my family. ", And when he was convicted, Kelley recalled, "a groundswell of support from above started coming up and people started having my back. Hes living the American dream. 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. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. We got to premiere this documentary months before it came out and, sitting there with my family, reliving six years of heartache in a documentary that's about five hoursI mean, there's no words to explain it.". This was not a situation where we felt sorry for him. 6-keys: media/spln/collegefootball/reg/free/stories, at Neathery recruited Kelley to UTSA, as its defensive coordinator. Kelley's case was documented in this summer's five-part Showtime documentary, "Outcry.". Kelley is also continuing with his education. The wild journey of Greg Kelley, once a highly recruited high school football star before he spent more than 1,000 days in prison for a sex crime for which he later was fully exonerated,is adding another chapter. Shama McCarty, Johnathan's mother, ran an in-home daycare, the scene of the alleged sexual assault. As Outcry shows,Kelley moved to New York City with his longtime high school sweetheart turned wife Gaebri, who supported him throughout the whole ordeal, before his conviction was officially vacated while she attended the Broadway Dance Center. District Judge Donna King recommended in December 2017 that Kelley's conviction be overturned, writing in her decision that the state wouldn't have been able to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt ifcertain evidence that had come to light since had been presented at trial. A presumption of innocence until proven guilty may be the law, but that's not often the way people think. 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