A Nigerian basketball player based in the United States, Daniel Adegboyega, has been charged with first-degree rape by forcible compulsion following allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at his apartment in Jacksonville, Alabama.

According to a reeports, Adegboyega, 21, was arrested in July by officers of the Jacksonville Police Department. He had recently joined Jacksonville State University’s men’s basketball team ahead of the new season.

Authorities said the alleged victim visited Adegboyega’s apartment on July 28 to watch a movie. During the visit, she allegedly sent a discreet text message to her roommate after he made unwanted sexual advances.

After repeated calls and messages went unanswered, investigators said Adegboyega answered one of the roommate’s calls using the woman’s phone and claimed she was in the bathroom. Concerned for her safety, the roommate contacted police and requested a welfare check.

Officers who arrived at the apartment around 2 a.m. reportedly found the woman visibly distressed. Police collected statements from both parties and recovered evidence, including the woman’s bloodstained trousers.

The woman alleged that Adegboyega forcibly raped her twice that night. However, the basketball player denied using force and has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Adegboyega is being held without bond at the Calhoun County Jail.

Court records also indicate that the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has placed an immigration hold on him.

During a bond hearing, ICE agent Ty Unruh testified that Adegboyega entered the United States on an F-1 student visa that expired in 2023. If granted bond, he could be transferred to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana to begin proceedings that may result in his deportation to Nigeria.

However, his host father, Ryan Parlee, challenged the immigration testimony, arguing that it was inaccurate. Parlee said Adegboyega attended high school in Iowa, graduating in 2022 without returning to Nigeria.

He claimed the immigration complications began after a family trip to Mexico and were worsened by administrative issues during the player’s transfer from the University of South Florida to the University of California, Riverside, and later to Jacksonville State University.

The case remains before the court, and no verdict has been reached. Adegboyega is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in accordance with the law.