Chan will serve five years in prison and three years on probation, as well as register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors asked for 30 days to determine any restitution to the victim, which Mohler allowed, and Chan’s attorney said his client would accept.
Chan, who is from Jackson, N.J., was a pledge of the fraternity and attended an Oct. 19, 2019, party, where he told police he d been drinking a lot, according to prosecutors.
Chan followed a woman into a portable toilet, according to prosecutors. He began a video recording of his sexual assault, during which the woman repeatedly told him no, according to prosecutors.
Expelled Purdue student will plead guilty to 2019 rape at frat party
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FRANKFORT, Ind. Former Purdue University student Richard Chan entered into a plea agreement Wednesday to admit to rape for sexually assaulting a woman inside a portable toilet during a Sigma Tau Gamma party in rural Clinton County.
As part of his plea agreement, prosecutors will dismiss two other charges of rape against Chan, who is now 20.
The plea agreement limits his sentence to no more than nine years and no more than five years in prison.
The formal change of Chan s plea to guilty will happen June 25 at his sentencing hearing.