LINCOLN Nebraska football player Andy Christensen entered no plea Thursday at his arraignment on a charge of first-degree sexual assault.
Christensen and his attorney, Bob Creager, were given until April 10 to decide whether they will request a preliminary hearing.
Judge Gerald Rouse also agreed to lower Christensen's bail to $300,000 from $500,000. Christensen's family paid 10 percent, or $50,000, for the senior offensive lineman to be released from Lancaster County Jail on Tuesday.
Christensen, dressed in a blue dress shirt and khaki slacks, appeared in court with his parents, Don and Denise Christensen of Bennington.
Andy Christensen was arrested early Saturday outside the Brass Rail bar in downtown Lincoln. He's accused of molesting a 23-year-old woman at the bar.
He was arrested on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault, resisting arrest and failure to comply. He aggressively resisted efforts to handcuff him and place him in a police vehicle, police said. He kicked the vehicle, denting it.
He was placed in a security chair at the jail to control his behavior.
The Lancaster County Attorney's Office is charging Christensen only in the alleged sexual assault.
County Attorney Gary Lacey did not immediately return a phone message left at his office.
Creager declined to comment.
Hours after Christensen's arrest, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini announced that Christensen had been suspended indefinitely from the team.
If convicted of the Class 2 felony, Christensen could be sentenced one to 50 years in prison.
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