PSU Football Players Charged for Fight

Penn State Football Players Charged Over Fight

Six Penn State University football players were charged last week in connection with a April fight at an off-campus apartment.

Two of the six players who turned themselves in Friday were stars Anthony Scirrotto and Justin King. The charges vary from player to player, but mostly include criminal trespass, burglary and criminal solicitation.

As reported by the Associated Press, police said Scirrotto and his girlfriend got into an altercation with three men on a street in State College and then followed them to an apartment building. He called his brother and some friends to get them to join him, but they weren't immediately let into the party, police said.

Scirrotto then called a fellow football player and met up with a group of players who also arrived at the party, authorities said.

A group of men, including all six players, then rushed into the apartment and a melee ensued, police said.

Some of the victims were punched, one was hit in the head with a beer bottle and knocked unconscious, and another was punched and kicked in the face, authorities said. At least five students were struck during the fight and at least two of those needed treatment at a hospital, authorities said.