GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida's Antonio Callaway has been found not responsible for an alleged sexual assault by a Title IX hearing officer in a case presented by his accuser following an incident in early December.

Callaway had been suspended from the university in late January when the allegations were brought by his accuser to the UF student conduct code and conflict resolution office.

In short, the Title IX investigation found that while Callaway did have sex with his accuser, the burden of proof that Callaway assaulted his accuser or caused her bodily harm from "the totality of evidence" was not met. Callaway was under investigation for three alleged conduct code violations: sexual assault, sexual misconduct and conduct causing physical injury or endangering another's healthy or safety.

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Callaway's attorney, Huntley Johnson, sent out a press release containing a copy of the ruling made following the hearing in the case on Aug. 5. Callaway's accuser and her attorney, John Clune, were not present at that hearing, claiming that Florida's appointing of a booster to hear the case created unfair bias.

The booster hearing the case was Jake Schickel, a 68-year-old attorney from Jacksonville.

In the case resolution, Schickel stated that he was asked to recuse himself from the case immediately before the Aug. 5 hearing by Clune. Schickel declined.

"While (Clune) did not impugn my integrity he was concerned with bias," Schickel wrote. "I recounted my experience training, education and life involvements and indicated that I did not believe that I would be biased in any way in favor of or against any of the parties. I have prosecuted rape cases, I have sat in judgment of lawyers. My family has dealt with rape issues. Note that this was a Student Conduct Hearing which is often held by a member of the university community."

The case hinged around the accuser's assertion that she could not consent because she was intoxicated. However, Schickel wrote in a letter explaining his decision that affidavits provided for the hearing indicated the accuser did not appear intoxicated and that "her own text messages indicated that she was pretending to be intoxicated." ER Reports also did not support any claims of injury.

The alleged incident took place at Callaway's residence.

According to Schickel's letter, both Callaway and his accuser admitted they were high on marijuana. Callaway stated: "I was so stoned I had no interest in having sex with anyone," saying that his accuser was the aggressor. His accuser stated Callaway was "faded as [expletive]."

"From the totality of evidence I find that the burden of proof was not met and I find Mr. Callaway not responsible," Schickel wrote.

He details further why he came to that conclusion based on inconsistencies and a lack of evidence:

"I further find that the time line as indicated by various text message date stamps do not support her contentions of force or an inability to consent. They are inconsistent, initially reported being forced to have sex and then some time later indicated that she thought she was going to be forced to have sex. Another time she sated that she wasn't sure if she had been raped. "The only live witness was Mr. Callaway. "As a fact finder it is my impression that Mr. Callaway was honest, sincere, and presented himself well. He testified the sexual encounter was consensual, at least on the part of (his accuser)."

In a report by the Tampa Bay Times, Clune "said an appeal is unlikely and that there are no plans to file a lawsuit related to the case."

Callaway has been practicing with the Gators since fall camp began on Aug. 4.

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