A misdemeanor solicitation charge against Ohio State University defensive tackle Adolphus Washington was dismissed today. Washington pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 19 in Franklin County Municipal Court, under an agreement that it would be dismissed if he completed a program known as "John school" before his sentencing.

A misdemeanor solicitation charge against Ohio State University defensive tackle Adolphus Washington was dismissed today.



Washington pleaded guilty to the charge on Jan. 19 in Franklin County Municipal Court, under an agreement that it would be dismissed if he completed a program known as "John school" before his sentencing.



He completed the program and the charge was dismissed today, said Washington's attorney, Phil Templeton, who added that his client didn't get special treatment.



"He's doing what anybody else who's otherwise eligible for this this type of program can do," Templeton said. "So he's just moving on."

Washington was arrested on Dec. 9 in a Columbus police vice operation at a Far North Side motel. Police said he agreed to pay an undercover officer $100 for sex after responding to an online ad placed by police.



Washington, a senior, was suspended by football coach Urban Meyer and did not play in the Fiesta Bowl. He has been projected as a second-round pick in the NFL draft.



"John school," operated by the Columbus city attorney's office, teaches men arrested for prostitution about sexually transmitted diseases and about how prostitutes are victimized by the trade.

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