BANGOR (AP) – A former Husson College student has been ordered to undergo an examination by a forensic psychologist before being sentenced for raping a fellow student after she rebuffed him at a campus dance.

Devin Deabler, 20, of South Thomaston pleaded no contest Monday in Penobscot County Superior Court to a gross sexual assault charge that carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

Under a plea agreement, the prosecution will recommend that Deabler be sentenced to eight years in prison with all but two years suspended and six years of probation. As part of the deal, a companion charge of assault will be dropped.

Deabler admitted to police that he had consumed about 20 beers before he talked a female student from Gouldsboro, now 21, into going outside to look for a friend with him, Deputy District Attorney Michael Roberts told the court.

Roberts told Justice S. Kirk Studstrup that Deabler propositioned the victim at a dance at Husson College on April 12, 2003, and continued to approach her even after she indicated she wasn’t interested in him. Later in the evening, he talked her into going outside.

Deabler led the woman to a stand of trees not far from the building, Roberts said, and then raped her while she continued to say no. She immediately reported the incident to resident assistants at her dorm and to Bangor police.

The 6-foot-3-inch blond man, who weighs 210 pounds, was arrested the next day.