Five football players from DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., have been kicked off the team after reportedly hiring three prostitutes. The incident occurred early last Saturday morning after Friday night's game against Hillside (N.C.) High. Two of the players have withdrawn from school, two more are facing expulsion and one had a disciplinary hearing scheduled this morning.
According to media reports, the players - whose names have been withheld - used an online North Carolina call service and engaged in sexual intercourse with three prostitutes at the team hotel early Saturday (most likely around 5 a.m.). None of them were starters on the team.
"I'm not able to" comment, DeMatha's second-year head coach Elijah Brooks told The Washington Post. "There are still kids that have to go through the disciplinary hearing. I just can't comment."
Principal Dan McMahon couldn't say much, either, telling NBCWashington.com, "I can't legally or morally talk about discipline of any students. If people break team rules, there are team sanctions, and if people break school rules, there are school sanctions."
The Post reports that bed checks were done at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, and a final hallway check was conducted at 4 a.m. DeMatha had 18 adults supervising the trip, according to one source.
DeMatha - an all-boys school with the tagline "Gentlemen and Scholars" on its website - has a rich football history with many alums in the NFL, and it is not uncommon for the Stags to play out-of-state games.
