PHILADELPHIA — Eagles offensive lineman Josh Sills was indicted by a Guernsey County Common Pleas Court grand jury on one count of rape and one count of kidnapping, both first-degree felonies, according to a release posted on the Ohio Attorney General’s website.
Per the release, Sills engaged in sexual activity that was not consensual and held a victim against her will in December 2019.
The alleged crime was immediately reported, according to the release, and the Guernsey County Sheriff’s Office conducted a detailed investigation. The case was presented to the grand jury and is being prosecuted by the Special Prosecutions Section of the Attorney General’s Office.
A summons was issued for Sills, 25, to appear in Guernsey County Common Pleas Court at 1 p.m. on Feb. 16.
The Eagles are playing against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII on Feb. 12 in Glendale, Arizona.
Sills, a Sarahsville, Ohio native, was signed by the Eagles as an undrafted free agent last April. He attended West Virginia from 2016-19 and then transferred to Oklahoma State in 2020.
Sills, a reserve lineman, appeared in one game for the Eagles this season, in October against the Arizona Cardinals.