The trial for a former Hawkeye football player accused of sexually assaulting a female student-athlete inside an empty Hillcrest dorm room has again been rescheduled.

Abe Satterfield will now go to trial April 12, 2010. His pretrial conference is scheduled for April 1, 2010.

Satterfield, along with former teammate Cedric Everson, are both charged with second-degree sexual abuse. Satterfield also faces charges of third-degree sexual abuse. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

The alleged incident reportedly occurred on Oct. 14, 2007, but a series of delays and continuances have postponed both trials.

Satterfield’s pretrial conference had been scheduled for Oct. 1 and his trial was set for Oct. 12. But his attorney requested the delay on Sept. 29.

Everson’s attorney has requested his client’s trial be held after Satterfield’s and requested on Tuesday that Everson’s trial be delayed as well.

— by Regina Zilbermints