Former UF basketball guard Edward "Teddy" Dupay, 29, was told in a Monday arraignment that he could serve from five years to life in prison for three first-degree felony charges.
Dupay is charged with kidnapping, rape and assault, according to Summit County, Utah, court records.
Paul Christensen, prosecuting attorney for the state of Utah, said it is too early in the proceedings to know how Dupay will plead his case, but a preliminary hearing in August should reveal if the former Gator plans to plead guilty.
Dupay was arrested last month at a Park City, Utah, ski lodge after his girlfriend of two years told police he hit and kicked her about 150 times and then raped her.
When police arrived, the 28-year-old woman was sobbing uncontrollably and said she was frightened of Dupay, according to court records.
She told officers Dupay started beating her as soon as the couple entered the hotel room. She said he locked the door and forced her under a desk, telling her that if she tried to leave, he would kill her and her family.
Medical personnel at the scene reported she had bruises on her thigh, arm and shoulder and scratches on her back. Her left eye was red and swollen, and there was dried blood around her lips.
X-rays showed she also had two fractured ribs.
Dupay told police he did not rape the woman and added things only got "a little rough."
"How can you rape someone you love?" he said.
The information gathered for the court records was based on evidence and testimony from nine witnesses.
Dupay, who attended high school in Cape Coral, Fla., played on UF's basketball team from 1999 to 2001 and helped lead the Gators to the 2000 Final Four before the team lost to Michigan State in the NCAA championship game, according to the GatorZone Web site.
He left the team at the beginning of his senior season in 2001 after gambling allegations were brought against him, but he was never criminally charged.
The Park Record in Park City, Utah, and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
