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Ex-Santa Rosa Growler hockey players gave conflicting statements of alleged sexual assault

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The woman who reported three ex-Growler hockey team players raped her told investigators in graphic detail they held her down while one recorded the orchestrated assault, police records show.

Moses Matthews III, 33, Dominic Jones, 34, and Josiah Nikkel, 30, were arrested Feb. 5 while in Nevada for a tournament against the Reno Ice Raiders.

At the time, they were members of a Senior A amateur ice hockey team that has home games at Snoopy’s Home Ice in Santa Rosa.

All three are all charged with sexual assault. Matthews also faces one count of unlawful dissemination of an intimate image and suspicion of capturing, distributing or displaying an image of a private area of another person, according to court records.

A preliminary hearing, which determines whether there’s enough evidence for defendants to stand trial, is scheduled for Wednesday in Washoe County Justice Court.

During an initial investigation, detectives found that the victim’s timeline was unwavering and…

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