The attorney for star Florida receiver Antonio Callaway has released a statement in the wake of the a report Friday that shed light on the reasons behind his suspension from the university.

ESPN reported that Callaway's accuser in an alleged sexual assault under investigation by the university had decided to boycott her hearing with the university, along with her parents and five witnesses after Florida appointed a booster to adjudicate the case. Callaway's attorney, Huntley Johnson, called the decision to go public with a claim of bias against Callaway's accuser in the case was "inappropriate and an attempt at intimidation."

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Johnson's statement in response read as follows:

Since the complainant's attorney has chosen to go to the press in this matter, we assume that he will be releasing the hundreds of pages that made up the University of Florida's investigation. We assume that he will be releasing sworn affidavits in this case. We assume that he will be releasing the complainant's text messages in the investigation. We assume that he will be releasing the complainant's multitude of varying and conflicting stories. We are not going to besmirch his client in the press. The totality of the investiagation which is over one-thousand (1,000) pages will do that for us. Our client has asked us not to release anything at this point. Because of the conduct of the complainant's attorney, that may change in the future.

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