Former N.C. State sports medicine director Robert M. Murphy Jr. was arrested in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 23, after a Wake County grand jury indicted him on sex crime charges tied to allegations from former Wolfpack athletes.
Police in Ocala took Murphy into custody at a home in Northeast Ocala at about 7:50 p.m., according to an arrest report obtained by Austin L. Miller of the Ocala Star-Banner.
Officer S. Price said he and a detective told Murphy about the active North Carolina warrant before arresting him without incident.
Murphy made his first appearance on Sept. 24 before Marion County Judge Lori Cotton. He appeared by Zoom from the jailhouse courtroom while the judge was at the courthouse, and Cotton ordered him held without bail. Murphy also waived any objection to extradition, clearing the way for his transfer back to North Carolina.
ESPN first reported the arrest. The Wake County grand jury indictment from Sept. 14 includes nine felony counts of sexual content under pretext of medical treatment and 23 misdemeanor counts of sexual battery. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office listed all 32 charges.
More than 30 former N.C. State athletes have accused Murphy of sexual abuse. The Associated Press reported that the case began with a federal civil lawsuit filed in 2022 by one athlete after Murphy’s decade-long run at the university.
The matter later moved into state court in 2025 with 14 former N.C. State athletes involved before that number increased to 31. According to the AP, indictments unsealed Thursday afternoon show the 32 charges are spread across 14 victims and cover allegations from October 2016 to 2021.
N.C. State said Thursday it was aware of the charges.
“Sexual misconduct of any kind is unacceptable,” the university said. “The health and safety of students and student-athletes is paramount to N.C.
State Athletics and the university. We are aware of the charges filed by Wake County against Robert Murphy.
We will cooperate with law enforcement in this matter.”
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