ATHENS, Ga. — A late-night visit to a strip club preceded a car crash that killed a University of Georgia football player and an employee of the school’s football program, raising questions about boundaries between the program’s staff and its athletes.
Surveillance video obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows Georgia offensive linemen Warren McClendon and Devin Willock, along with other players, leaving Toppers International Showbar in downtown Athens about 2:30 a.m. Jan. 15. They were accompanied by two women who strongly resemble the UGA employees involved in the fatal crash barely 15 minutes later.
The video provides a final glimpse of the group before their speeding SUV left the roadway and slammed into two utility poles, two trees and an apartment building. The crash, about 2.5 miles from the strip club, killed Willock, 20, and UGA recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, 24. Another recruiting staff member, Tory Bowles, 26, suffered serious injuries. McClendon, 21, was treated at an Athens hospital and released.
