Arizona’s Benedict Mathurin Addresses Viral Video That Appears To Show Him Touching Cheerleader’s Chest While Walking Off The Court

Benedict Mathurin

  • A video after Arizona’s win vs TCU appeared to show Benedict Mathurin touching a cheerleader’s chest as he walked off the court.
  • Mathurin and Arizona’s athletic director Dave Heeke have addressed the video.
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During this weekend’s NCAA tournament, Arizona’s Benedict Mathurin found himself going viral for the wrong reasons because of an accident.

After the Wildcats’ second-round win again TCU, a video showed Mathurin appearing to touch a TCU cheerleader’s chest area as he walked off the court.

On Wednesday, Arizona’s Director of Athletics Dave Heeke revealed that he spoke to Benedict about the incident and the Wildcats’ player said he didn’t recall touching the cheerleader’s chest area after the game. Benedict offered to reach out to the TCU cheerleader to apologize for accidentally bumping into her with his hand.

Statement via Jason Scheer of WildcatAuthority.com

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