University of Utah swimmer, 19, flees to Canada after being charged with raping female student: Cops say he kept list of women he slept with
- Benjamin Dennis Kai Smyth, 19, is charged with raping the girl in August
- After being questioned by police in February, he is said to have fled to Canada
A University of Utah swimmer has fled to his native Canada after being charged with raping a female student.
Benjamin Dennis Kai Smyth, 19, is accused of attacking the girl in her dorm room last year.
Police say he ignored her multiple statements that she did not want to have sex, and ‘pushed her shoulders to the floor’ while she screamed ‘no’.
The alleged attack happened in August last year. The student reported it in February.
In his first interview, he denied knowing the victim. He then admitted that the pair ‘had sex’, but said it was consensual.
When officers returned days later to serve him with a restraining order, his roommate said he’d packed his bags.
Benjamin Dennis Kai Smyth, 19, is accused of attacking the girl in her dorm room last year. Police say he ignored her multiple statements that she did not want to have sex, and ‘pushed her shoulders to the floor’ while she screamed ‘no’
A private investigator then informed police that Smyth had fled to Canada.
A warrant has been issued for Smyth’s arrest on one count of rape.
The University of Utah has scrubbed Smyth’s name and photos from its athletics pages.
He was kicked off the diving team after the girl’s initial report. Police say Smyth kept a list of all the women he has had sex with.
It remains unclear whether the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office will seek extradition.
Court records obtained by DailyMail.com describe how the female student was reading a book in the common area of her dorm building on August 16, 2022, when Smyth and his friends approached her.
She and Smyth exchanged contact information and later, he got in touch asking her where her roommates were.
Minutes after she told him she was alone and that her roommates were at a party, he appeared at her door.
He suggested that they play ‘truth or dare’, according to his arrest warrant, then started kissing her and asking her about her sexual history.
‘At this point, Smyth began kissing her and pushing her shoulders to lay her down on the floor.
[She] pushed SMYTH off of her saying she “did not want to do that,”‘ the warrant reads.
He allegedly ignored her, removing his shirt and unclipping her bra, then took off his pants and ‘grabbed her by the back of her head and forced her to give him oral sex’.
She ‘tried to push back up, but he held her head down,’ according to the warrant.
‘[She] pushed Smyth’s chest and was able to stop. She shook her head at Smyth, indicating “no”, and he replied “ok, fine,”‘ the warrant reads.
He is then alleged to have climbed on top of her and removed her underwear, telling her ‘everything was fine’, and ignoring her pleas that she didn’t want to have sex, telling her: ‘I won’t go all the way in, just a little bit for a minute.’
The warrant states Smyth then forced himself on her. When he was nearing ejaculation, he allegedly asked her if he could ejaculate in her mouth.
When she said no, he ejaculated on her stomach then ‘wiped his ejaculate with his fingers and put it in her mouth.’
The female student reported the alleged crime in February.
Upon questioning, Smyth first denied knowing her. He then admitted that he knew her and that they’d had sex, and conceded that she was in pain throughout.
University of Utah police did not arrest him, and instead allowed him to return to his dorm.
By the time police visited a second time to serve the restraining order, he had fled.
This week, the Salt Lake City District Attorney’s Office charged Smyth with first degree rape, first degree sodomy and sexual abuse.
Detectives spoke to two friends who he thought would testify about his good character, but who told police how he ‘bragged’ about the number of women he’d had sex with.
‘Smyth keeps a list of women he has sex with and shares the list with people to show off and “feed his ego.”
‘The second person stated that Smyth is “cocky” about the number of women he has sex with and stated that she is also aware of the list of women Smyth keeps of whom he kisses and has sex with,’ the warrant reads.