Ex-NFL player charged with rape released on bail

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Ex-NFL player charged with rape released on bail

By CBS 3 Springfield News

Story Published: Jan 6, 2009 at 4:34 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jan 6, 2009 at 4:34 PM EDT

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A former NFL lineman and high school
football coach in Walpole will be released on bail as he awaits
trial on charges he raped a 15-year-old girl.

Daniel Villa posted $7,500 bail and was being fitted for an
electronic monitoring bracelet. He was expected to be released
later Tuesday, after the device had been set up.

The conditions of Villa's bail include staying away from
children under 16.

The judge refused to release Villa's new address.

Villa played six seasons for the New England Patriots during a
12-year NFL career. He pleaded not guilty last week to charges
including three counts of rape of a child over 14.

Prosecutors say Villa was once the girl's coach, and at one
point sent her 500 text message in a single month.

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