An Arizona high school football player was arrested over the weekend after a prank went way, way too far.
Hunter Osborn, a 19-year-old student athlete at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, was taken into custody over the weekend after a photo of him exposing himself in the school’s yearbook was discovered. The photo went unnoticed by school officials and was also printed in the football program and sold at games to students and their families.
Osborn has been charged with 69 counts of misdemeanor indecent exposure and one felony count of providing obscene material to a minor. He was released from jail and ordered to wear an electric monitor for the time being.
According to court documents obtained by KNXV, Osborn told police he “was dared by a football teammate” to expose himself during the team photo and is “disgusted” by what he did. He was 18 at the time it was taken.
If convicted, Osborn could be forced to register as a sex offender.
“The school and district are conducting an investigation to determine what actions might have prevented the publication of the photograph, so appropriate safeguards can be put in place going forward,” Red Mountain High School said in a statement. “While the small size of the photograph as published makes the details difficult to discern, the yearbook has been recalled so the school can make a minor but critical edit for the inappropriate content.”
That’s not nearly as bad as some of the other things we have seen high school football players arrested for, but there’s no denying it is a decision that could haunt Osborn for the rest of his life.
