Ex-assistant football coach for northern Minnesota high school team charged with raping woman

A former assistant football coach for a northern Minnesota high school team has been charged with raping a woman in her apartment.

Ethan R. Hardy, 25, of Deer River, was charged Monday in Itasca County District Court with one count each of first- and third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with an assault of an acquaintance on Sept. 7, while Hardy was still a coach for Deer River High School.

A warrant has been issued for Hardy's arrest. Court records do not list an attorney for him, and messages have been left with Hardy seeking his response to the charges.

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