Miami authorities won't charge 49ers' Colin Kaepernick

Lorenzo Reyes | USA TODAY

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick will not be charged for an April incident involving a woman at a hotel.

"The key issue to really clarify, because a lot of people have been screwing this up are talking about charges being dropped. That's untrue," Ed Griffith, public information officer for the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office, confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Thursday.

"Charges were never filed. The woman came to the cops and said she may have been sexually assaulted. So that was viewed as a complaint. She made a complaint and there was basically no evidence that there was a sexual assault. The complaint was investigated and found to be unfounded."

San Francisco wideout Quinton Patton and Seattle Seahawks receiver Ricardo Lockette, who were also being investigated for the incident, also won't be charged.

According to a memo sent by the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office, Kaepernick's attorney said the woman met Kaepernick last year and the two had sex shortly after. Kaepernick tried to cut off contact from the woman, including changing his phone number, after she told Kaepernick she was pregnant as part of an April Fools joke in 2013.

The woman said she made arrangements to visit Lockette in Miami with the assumption that she would also see Kaepernick at the time of the incident, according to the memo. On the night of the alleged incident, Lockette invited the woman to the hotel and had some drinks before her behavior changed.

Police responded at the scene and found the woman acting "belligerent and highly agitated," and eventually committed her to the hospital under the Baker Act, which states that a person can be held involuntarily if they appear to be in danger to himself/herself or others.

Witness interviews indicated that Kaepernick left the hotel and went to another friend's apartment after the woman's behavior changed. According to the memo, Kaepernick texted the friend "I'm leaving right now too I'm terrified."

The 49ers rewarded Kaepernick, who repeatedly maintained his innocence, with a six-year contract extension through the 2020 season last week, which made him one of the NFL's highest-paid players.