Christian Peter Christian Peter ( born October 5 , 1972 in Locust , New Jersey ) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League . Peter ' s younger brother , Jason , also played in the NFL . Peter attended Middletown High School South in his hometown of Middletown Township , New Jersey before transferring to Milford Academy . He then played college football at Nebraska , where he was a three - year starter . He became one of the leaders of Nebraska ' s feared " Blackshirt " defense . Peter was an all - Big Eight Conference and honorable mention All - American in his senior year , and finished his college career with 124 total tackles , 20 tackles for loss and nine sacks . He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2006 . Highschool . Peter played at Middletown Highschool South where he helped one of the best teams in school history go undefeated & win the state title in 1990 . Arrests and convictions . While at Nebraska , Peter had eight run - ins with the law for various offenses such as threatening a parking attendant while his vehicle was being towed , trespassing , public urination , refusing to comply with police , minor in possession of alcohol , failure to appear in court , and allegedly grabbing a woman by the throat . He was convicted four times . Most infamously , he was alleged to have raped Kathy Redmond , a freshman from Littleton , Colorado ; two times in two days — the second with two of his teammates keeping watch . Redmond didn ' t report it to police until after her freshman year . Redmond ' s parents confronted various Nebraska coaches about it , but Peter was never charged or disciplined . This inaction led Redmond to file a Title IX suit against Nebraska in 1995 ; the suit was settled two years later with Nebraska paying $ 50 , 000 and the other two agreeing to pay an undisclosed sum of money . Former coach Tom Osborne has since apologized to Redmond and the two have reconciled . Recently , Osborne invited Redmond to speak to the football team about violence against women . In 1993 , Peter sexually assaulted Melissa DeMuth in his dorm room , and also groped Natalie Kuijvenhoven ( a former Miss Nebraska ) in a crowded bar and told her how she loved it in an obscenity - laced tirade . He was convicted and sentenced to 18 months probation , and was suspended for a 1993 exhibition game . Professional career . Peter was drafted by the New England Patriots in the fifth round of the 1996 NFL Draft . Only a month before the draft , he notched his eighth conviction in seven years , this time for grabbing a woman ' s throat in a Kearney , Nebraska bar . The pick set off a firestorm of criticism from the Boston area press , Patriots fans and women ' s groups . After learning more about Peter ' s violent history , the Patriots relinquished the rights to Christian only a week after the draft . The team said that Christian ' s behavior was " incompatible with our organization ' s standards of acceptable conduct . " According to " The Boston Globe , " Myra Kraft , the wife of Patriots owner Robert Kraft , personally demanded that the team cut all ties with Peter . It was the first time in NFL history that a drafted player had been waived by a team before the start of training camp . As a result of the backlash , Christian was unable to catch on with another NFL team for the 1996 season . The New York Giants signed him in 1997 as a free agent , on condition that he go through counseling for alcohol abuse , attention deficit disorder and anger management . He went on to play six years with the Giants , Indianapolis Colts and Chicago Bears . While with the Bears , Peter apologized for his misdeeds at Nebraska . He has since retired to his home state of New Jersey where , in the summer of 2007 , he opened a sports bar , The 4th Quarter Sports Tavern , in Atlantic Highlands , which has since closed .