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Jury Selection in Bryan Pata Murder Case Pushed to Tuesday as ESPN Rolls Out Podcast Investigation

The case centers on former Miami player Rashaun Jones after reporting surfaced new records, including a witness prosecutors had believed was dead.

Overview

  • Jury selection in Rashaun Jones’s trial was delayed to Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Miami, according to local court reporting.
  • Jones, arrested in 2021 in connection with the 2006 killing, has rejected a plea offer and maintains he had no role in Pata’s death.
  • Prosecutors say new evidence revived the case and later acknowledged that a key witness previously believed to be deceased is alive.
  • ESPN’s multi-year inquiry gathered more than 5,000 records, interviewed over 100 people, and included a lawsuit to obtain police investigative files.
  • ESPN’s seven-part podcast, “Murder at The U,” presenting its findings is scheduled to debut on Feb. 12.