Defense attorneys for former Spanish Fort football player Cameron Harrison have filed a motion asking for more time to prepare for Harrison’s upcoming trial.

Harrison has been charged with first-degree rape after his involvement with a 16-year-old classmate at a house party in Daphne back in October 2015.

The case is set to go to trial in September, but John Beck, Harrison’s lawyer, has asked that the trial be delayed until November.

Assistant District Attorney ChaLea Tisdale said she has filed a response to the defense’s request and hopes the judge will have the trial proceed on schedule.

“Obviously, we’d like to try the case in September and get all of this behind the victim and her family,” Tisdale said.

This motion comes several weeks after Beck filed a motion to remove his request to have Harrison tried as a youthful offender. The judge granted that request and Harrison now faces the charge as an adult in a jury trial.

At that time, Beck was confident that Harrison’s innocence in the case would be apparent.

“We don’t expect to lose this case,” Beck said. “Cameron Harrison also has the right to be exonerated and publicly vindicated for this false allegation.”

In his current motion, Beck said he’s seeking the delay in trial date because time is needed to review “the extensive amount of forensic discovery evidence” and that he wishes to “conclude a full investigation into this matter.”

In her response, Tisdale said her objection to delaying the trial further is to spare the alleged victim more harassment.

“The Victim and her family have suffered undue harassment and emotional distress for months as a result of this matter,” Tisdale wrote in her response. “To delay the trial would force them to undergo said harassment and emotional distress for a longer period than necessary.”

Judge Scott Taylor has yet to rule on Beck’s motion.