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UK’s Ashton Cobb seeks reinstatement

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Herald-Leader staff report

University of Kentucky safety Ashton Cobb has applied for reinstatement to school after being suspended for his arrest on charges of stalking and terroristic threatening, Coach Rich Brooks said Monday at his weekly press conference.

Cobb, who was arrested on Friday, is accused of sending threatening text messages and making threatening phone calls to his ex-girlfriend. Cobb is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Fayette County District Court.

UK spokesman Tony Neely said the university is not allowed to comment on Cobb’s reinstatement process due to student privacy laws.

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UK’s Ashton Cobb charged with stalking, absent from game

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Herald-Leader staff report

University of Kentucky football player Ashton Cobb was arrested Friday on a warrant after his ex-girlfriend said he sent her several threatening text and voicemail messages, according to court records.

Strong safety Cobb, 21,was not in the stadium for UK’s game against Western Kentucky Saturday evening. UK coach Rich Brooks said that Cobb was suspended from the university; Brooks would not comment further.

He is charged with second-degree stalking, third-degree terroristic threatening, and harassing communications.

Cobb’s ex-girlfriend said he called her about 19 times and sent about 15 text messages on Thursday, court records say. In one voicemail message he used profane language, saying he would kill and rape her.

He then sent a text message that read, “Why so serious?” referencing the Joker from the newest Batman movie, court records say.

Cobb, who posted bond and was released from the Fayette County jail, is scheduled to appear in Fayette District Court Monday for an arraignment.

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.