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No Charges in Jameis Winston Case

December 5th, 2013 by flanews

No charges will be filed after a three week sexual assault case involving star FSU Quarterback Jameis Winston. The State’s Attorney says proving a crime would have been difficult.

The alleged rape took place off the FSU campus a year ago this coming Saturday. “We’ve carefully examined all the evidence in this case and have concluded that no charges will be filed against anyone in this case,” says Willie Meggs, State’s Attorney.

As of Monday this week, the state said it was waiting for key evidence. The report came back Wednesday. “There were DNA from males, one was identified as being Winston’s DNA and the other one was unknown,” says Meggs.

The veteran prosecutor has not been shy pressing charges against Football players in the past. “Her testimony has basically has some problems with it. She can’t remember some of the things,” says Meggs.

He says the victims statement’s created problems the case could not overcome. “Which leads us to the point that we did not feel like we could move forward with the prosecution,” says Meggs.

A statement from the family thanked the States Attorney, Criticized the police for delaying the investigation and said the young woman worried the media scrutiny would discourage others from reporting a rape.

Jameis Winston’s attorney says justice has been done. “There will be people that will always think of Mr. Winston and think about this allegation, you can’t stop people from believing what they want to believe and it’s difficult. But our society says you’re innocent until proven guilty,” says Tim Jansen, Jameis Winston Attorney.

Despite widely circulated social media reports, the State’s attorney said there was no evidence the alleged victim knew Jameis Winston before the alleged event or communicated with him after the sexual encounter.

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