Video: Ex-Yale player on defensive

Former Yale quarterback Patrick Witt finds himself playing defense these days, insisting candidacy for the Rhodes Scholarship was never suspended because of an accusation of sexual assault, as a newspaper claims. NBC?s Anne Thompson reports.

>>> a yale quarterback made headlines last fall when he chose to play in a game against archrival instead of attending an interview for a prestigious rhodes scholarship may not have been faced with that tough choice after all. nbc's anne thompson explains.

>> reporter: he explains his insist tency for it was not suspended. he attracted national attention last year for having to choose in playing in the game against harvard or going to the rhodes interview. friday "the new york times" reported he had no choice, writing that both witt and yale had been told by the rhodes commitny ty his candidacy would not go forward because of the accusati accusation. the times story was based on six annan news sources.

>> i think he's a public figure in the public eye and a misin misimpression was createsed about him. in the statement he said when the rhodes trust asked for a reendorsement patrick had already informed the act let image department officials that he intended to with draw the candida candidacy. the women file and inform nal complaint, never went to the police and no disciplinary action or finding of guilt or innocence was made against witt. he cited federal law and the rhodes trust had no comment because of privacy concern. for today, anne thompson ,

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