Prosecutors re-file rape charges against former BYU football player after the case was dismissed: Who is Parker Kingston?

The prosecutors in Washington County have re-filed rape charges against former BYU student and football player Parker Trent Kingston. The first-degree felony rape charge was earlier dismissed in June 2026, just before the case was scheduled to go to trial in July.

The court had dismissed the charges without prejudice, allowing prosecutors to refile their case, the attorney’s office said in a statement then. The charges stemmed from an year long investigation in Utah’s St. George, following which Parker was charged in February 2026.

Parker was earlier arrested and charged over rape allegations

The 21 year old who was a star player for the Brigham Young University was arrested in February 2025 and was held in the Washington County Jail. According to prosecutors, a 20 year old woman had reported on February 23, 2025, that she was a victim of sexual assault.

According to NBC News, the woman told a forensic interview at the St. George’s Regional Hospital that she met with Kingston consensually but set clear boundaries regarding physical intimacy before the meet up. The two had watched a movie together and engaged in “some sexual activity”, but when she returned to the room after leaving to get dressed for bed, Kingston “initiated sexual activity again”, NBC News reported citing court documents.

The woman alleged that she told Kingston to stop several times and even tried pushing him off herself. Kingston has claimed that the encounter was consensual. According to investigators, the former athlete’s phone communications showed that he went to meet the woman “with the intention of having sexual intercourse,” Up North Live reported, citing detectives.

In the refiled charges, prosecutors have alleged that the woman clearly told Kingston “that if the only reason he was coming over was to have sex with her, he should not come,” according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

Who is Parker Kingston?

Kingston, who was born in Idaho and raised in Utah’s Roy, was recruited to play college football for the BYU Cougars in 2022. He played at the Wide Receiver position for the team and played both in the 2023 and 2024 season after playing only one game in the 2022 season. While in the team, Kingston was named in the watchlist for the Paul Hornung Award both in 2024 and 2025.

At BYU he majored in Business, and joined his grandmother's legacy who ran track at the university, according to his BYU Cougars profile. The team in February 2026 announced that Kingston was no longer a student at BYU.