VIDEO: UW football players attack cyclists in Seattle

SEATTLE – Newly released video shows the moment two former University of Washington football players attacked a cyclist in what Seattle police are calling a road rage incident.

The Seattle Police Department identified the suspects as Tylin “Tybo” Rogers and his teammate Diesel Gordon. Rogers was already charged with two counts of rape when the attack occurred, and the investigation is ongoing.

The incident happened on March 11th. According to the police report, the victim, Camden Malone, was riding his bike home from work on the UW campus after learning that his roommate at Shoreline Community College had just died and he was upset.

Malone said Gordon and Rogers were in a car behind him and were honking and yelling at him to get off the road. Then, Malone says, he was thrown from the vehicle and the players tried to hit him.

In response, Malone spat at Gordon and they began chasing him, the report said.

The cameras show Malone getting off his bike and walking down a flight of stairs on NE 50th Street, and the two players getting out of their car to follow him.

Gordon calls Malone a homophobic slur and spits at him several times before Rogers comes in and pushes the victim to the ground.

Rogers then punches Malone in the face so hard that his glasses fly through the air, causing Rogers to stomp on them.

Investigators say they were able to identify Rogers and Gordon as suspects because their pictures on the UW football roster website matched those they saw on surveillance footage. In addition, police said they were wearing equipment given exclusively to the team's players.

FOX 13 Seattle spoke with Malone about the attack, which he said left him fearing for his life.

“I thought my life was over and I was in danger,” Camden Malone said. “I tried my best to escape and it was just heartbreaking when I found out that they had seen where I had gone and that they were coming down to get me.”

Rogers was cut from the Husky football team after rape allegations against him became public. He is accused of raping two college-age students in separate incidents just days apart last year.

Rogers was apparently suspended from the team in November 2023, but returned to practice in December and played in the Sugar Bowl and College Football Playoff championship game.

Gordon entered the transfer portal back in April.

Both players initially pleaded not guilty to assault in May. Rogers faced a judge in the case on Thursday.

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