![Ricardo Vergara will spend six years in prison and five on probation.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/HELLVERGARA-1200x900.jpg)
Former first-year sentenced to six years in prison
Ricardo Vergara, formerly ’26, was sentenced Monday in Rockbridge Circuit Court after pleading guilty to a rape charge
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Former first-year pleads guilty to rape
Ricardo Vergara's sentencing hearing is set for April 8
W&L’s culture of misogyny and assault
Ramsey unleashes a polemic on the school’s response to recent infractions by male students
![Vergara direct messaged one of his victims and apologized after he assaulted her Oct. 1. (Screenshots shared by victim)](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Image-1.jpeg)
First-year student arrested on sexual assault charges
One victim said she reported Ricardo Vergara, ’26, to the Title IX office in October for a separate offense of sexual assault—but he faced no disciplinary action