Comedian Pleads No Contest to Sex Assault

A comedian who played the college circuit until his arrest last year pleaded no contest to a charge that he committed sexual assault at a Nebraska university. The no-contest plea of Vinson Champ, 36, in Douglas County District Court in Omaha could lead to a sentence of up to 50 years in prison for the attack March 5 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, deputy prosecutor Leigh Ann Retelsdorf said. Champ will face a similar charge in Lincoln. Champ of Los Angeles was arrested a year ago in California after a student’s screams at Pasadena City College alerted passers-by, who identified Champ’s car as the one they saw leaving the scene. Authorities in college towns in Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois in which Champ had performed later sought him in connection with rapes that occurred when he was on campus.