Student Accused of Sex Assault Cites 'Fifty Shades'

A student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, charged with sexually assaulting a female student, says he was re-enacting a scene from Fifty Shades of Grey, the best-selling novel that is now a hit movie, The Chicago Tribune reported. The student is accused of binding the female student's hands and legs, stuffing a tie in her mouth, and striking her with a belt and hitting her. Authorities say that she repeatedly asked to be let go. The accused student says that the activity was consensual.