Lets Discuss this case :Whatever happened in the Vanderbilt dorm room that night the young men involved took steps to cover it up. That much, at least, is known. It came out in court, unchallenged, in the case against four former Vanderbilt University football players charged in the rape of an unconscious 21-year-old female student on June 23, 2013. The top prosecutor later wouldread text messages in courtthat flew in the aftermath between the four and an older teammate as they scrambled to sort through the drama that had unfolded the night before. The upperclassman laterpleaded guiltyto taking part in a cover-up. The four others await trial on far more serious charges: aggravated rape, aggravated sexual battery and related counts. For two of the men, trial is set to begin Monday. A detailed narrative of what happened, and whether the men's actions fit the legal definition of forcible sex crimes, will be put before a jury. In deciding the young men's fate, the jurors will have several critical questions to answer:Did the men plan what they did? What was the role of alcohol? What kinds of pictures and videos did detectives find on cellphones? And how thoroughly did Vanderbilt officials and city police investigate? Suspicious behavior caught on dorm surveillance cameras noticed by accident two days later set the case in motion. The story that emerged in the days that followedrocked the universityand its football program, which could still see several current and former players on the witness stand in the coming two weeks. Yet over almost 16 months, details have only trickled out in a case in which evidence has largely been kept secret. The picture that has emerged so far, although incomplete, shows that for many of the young adults involved, their futures are at stake.By the time Brandon Vandenburg and his then-girlfriend arrived outside Gillette Hall in the early hours of Sunday, June 23, 2013, both were severely intoxicated. She was unconscious in the passenger seat of her black Mercedes. He was behind the wheel. The pair had been drinking he was 20 at the Tin Roof bar, a popular spot for athletes anda place later declared off-limits by athletics department leaderswho had heard reports of underage student-athletes drinking at times for free.As a freshman recruit at tight end, Vandenburg had been on campus and training for the season for about two weeks. Already, many now connected to the case knew one another. According to police, testimony and court filings, Gillette Hall surveillance footage captured Vandenburg and co-defendants Brandon Banks, Cory Batey and Jaborian "Tip" McKenzie carrying the limp woman to Vandenburg's second-floor room, including at least one stop when a photo was taken of her partially exposed body.But that video wouldn't be seen for another two days. Once inside the room, authorities said, the men allegedly raped the woman several times while Vandenburg made cellphone photos or videos that he soon shared.Defense attorneys have unsuccessfully pushed for prosecutors to spell out which acts prompted each charge as each of the four ex-players faces five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. The disturbing particulars, as well as visual evidence, will be presented to a jury but shielded from public view during trial. Prosecutors have previewed at least two key points: that Vandenburg didn't commit the forcible sex acts but is being charged as criminally responsible for them; and that Batey, of Nashville, was a "principal" actor. Vandenburg, in fact, sent a text message that night read in court by prosecutors lamenting how his use of cocaine prevented him from physically being able to have intercourse. The attack spilled out into the hallway, authorities said. That's where Vandenburg brought the older teammate, former star wide receiver Chris Boyd, into the fray to get the woman moved into the dorm room.