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USU football player accused of rape adds high-profile consultants to his defense team

(Eli Lucero  |  Pool photo)  Torrey Green and his lawyer Skye Lazaro listen to the prosecutor speak in 1st District Court on Thursday in Logan. Green will have his seven rape cases consolidated into two trials, which will be moved to Box Elder County.

(Eli Lucero | Pool photo) Torrey Green and his lawyer Skye Lazaro listen to the prosecutor speak in 1st District Court on Thursday in Logan. Green will have his seven rape cases consolidated into two trials, which will be moved to Box Elder County.

Logan • A former Utah State football player accused of sexually assaulting seven women has added two high-profile consultants to his defense team.

The Herald Journal reports investigators F. Lee Bailey and Pat McKenna will help defend 25-year-old ex-linebaker Torrey Green.

Bailey was on the OJ Simpson "dream team" when he was acquitted on murder charges in 1994, though he was later disbarred in two states. McKenna is a private detective who worked on the Simpson case as well as that of Casey Anthony, a Florida mother acquitted in her daughter's death in 2011.

A spokesman for Green says the pair is working pro bono.

Green is set for trial Jan. 4 on rape, kidnapping and other charges from 2013 through 2015. He has said he is innocent.

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