 Discontent grew even further with various off-the-field incidents involving the Rider players during and following the 2005 season.Trevis Smith, a starting Rider linebacker on the defence, was charged with aggravated sexual assault on October 28, 2005, accused of having repeated sexual encounters with women, one from Regina, Saskatchewan and one from British Columbia, despite knowingly being HIV-positive.It was one of the biggest controversies and embarrassments ever faced by the Roughriders in their history as it made national headlines from coast to coast.