MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The rape trial of a former University of Montana quarterback is about a woman who was betrayed by someone she trusted and not about the school's football program, a prosecutor said Monday in his opening statement.

The case against Jordan Johnson has drawn attention to the school's handling of sex assault cases.

Johnson is accused of assaulting the woman as they watched a movie together at her home last year. Johnson has said the sex was consensual.

Prosecutor Adam Duerk told the jury the woman tried to stop Johnson after they began kissing in her bedroom, but he forced himself on her.

"This case is about a young woman who was horribly betrayed," Duerk said.

The woman's housemate will testify that the woman appeared distraught after she emerged from the room and then became hysterical after giving Johnson a ride home, the prosecutor said.

Johnson's attorney, Kirstin Pabst, made reference in her opening statement to comments by former U.S. Rep. Pat Williams on the eve of the trial that the university's recruiting system let "thugs" into the program.

"Jordan is the opposite of the ignorantly generalized football thug," Pabst said.

Williams, a member of the Board of Regents that oversees the university system, has said he was not referring to Johnson.

Another Johnson attorney, David Paoli, noted while questioning potential jurors that three people had indicated on their questionnaires that they knew someone who was the subject of a false rape report.

"So we can agree that there are false reports?" Paoli asked.

The trial began amid continuing NCAA and federal investigations into how the school and the city of Missoula respond to rape allegations on campus..

Paoli mentioned the ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation in the town where Grizzly football is so popular. Continued...