NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt University rape suspects Cory Batey and Brandon Vandenburg will be back in a Davidson County courtroom next week, according to WKRN News 2.
Judge Monte Watkins, who presides over the case, has called a status hearing for the men and their legal teams.
Both the prosecution and defense will update the judge on how the case is progressing.
The new trial is currently set for November 30. A change of venue is expected.
Batey and Vandenburg were previously convicted of the alleged on-campus rape in January after a nearly two-week trial.
They remained in jail until Judge Watkins declared a mistrial in June due to the jury foreman’s “misconduct,” saying he violated the defendants’ right to a fair and impartial trial.
The two former Vanderbilt football players were then released from jail on bond and handed down new indictments, charging them each with five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. Their former teammates, Jaborian “Tip” McKenzie and Brandon Banks, face the same charges. They have yet to go to trial.
The four men are accused of raping an unconscious female student in the Gillette House on Vanderbilt’s campus in June 2013.