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Rutgers Prep Coaches Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault; School Opens Own Investigation

Matthew Rennie, left, and Ranait Griff were arrested on October 6. (Photos: Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.)

Rutgers Preparatory School has launched a “thorough and independent investigation” into allegations against the two coaches arrested October 6 on charges related to the alleged sexual assault of a 17-year-old woman.

Matthew Rennie, 30 – who was the head coach of Middle School boys’ lacrosse and JV boys’ basketball and the assistant coach of varsity volleyball varsity boys’ lacrosse – and Ranait Griff, 30 – who was the head coach of varsity girls lacrosse and assistant coach of varsity girls’ soccer and varsity girls’ basketball – were arrested following an investigation by the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Unit and Franklin Township Police Department detectives, according to a press release from the Prosecutor’s Office.

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