CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Caleb Brantley, the Browns' controversial sixth-round pick out of Florida, has not yet been formally charged with misdemeanor battery, a spokesman in the State Attorney's Office in Gainesville, Fla. told cleveland.com Wednesday.

The case is under review by the State Attorney's office, which will make a decision whether or not to charge him.

"He has not been charged,'' said Darry Lloyd, spokesman for the State Attorney said. "A sworn complaint was received from (the Gainesville police) alleging that he committed the (crime). The agency is not sure, and it's our job to review the information they submitted and make a formal charging decision.''

He added, "had they physically arrested him, he would've been charged.''

Lloyd said there's no time frame for a decision but that such matters typically take about 45 days. He acknowledged that "this case is receiving a lot of attention'' because of Brantley's high profile.

It's not yet known if the decision will be made by next Thursday, when Brantley is due to report for rookie minicamp.

Regardless, Browns head of football operations Sashi Brown said "we expect to have him up with the rest of the class." The Browns are investigating the matter on their own.

Lloyd said the prosecutor will likely interview the parties involved, witnesses and law enforcement at the scene.

The original police report described Brantley as the victim in the incident outside a Gainesville bar on April 13. But the sworn affidavit filed four days later stated that Brantley punched Florida student Chelsea Austin in the face with a closed fist, knocking her unconscious and displacing a tooth that will require a root canal.

The document states that Brantley's alleged actions were "clearly out of retaliation and not self-defense" and "far exceeded what was reasonable or necessary."

Brantley's attorneys, however, issued a press release detailing the incident, claiming that "Mr. Brantley was not the aggressor. Mr. Brantley was the victim.''

They stated that several ladies were verbally abusing Brantley after he rebuffed one that he had previously had a relationship with, and "one of them punched him in the mouth without warning."

"Mr. Brantley, in reaction to that sudden occurrence, put out his right arm in an attempt to push away his attacker. His hand made contact with her face due to his reflex reaction.''

The Tampa Bay Times obtained a video which it states is of the complainant and two of her friends leaving the scene after the incident. One of them can be heard on the video saying to Brantley's friends, "thank you guys, I'm sorry.'' There's no known video of the alleged punch.

Brantley's attorneys pointed out in their statement that "the young lady did not seek medical treatment at the scene."

Tampa Bay Times' Matt Baker reported Thursday that that the complainant, Chelsea Austin, has a new legal team.

Her previous attorneys, North Florida Lawyers, released a statement last week to the Tampa Bay Times, stating that "Ms. Chelsea Austin was and is the victim of this incident. The initial police report indicated that she struck Mr. Brantley, but that is simply not true."

Her attorneys initially stated that the original police report, which described Brantley as the victim, was falsified. One of the attorneys, Michael Williams, later clarified to the Tampa Bay Times that they never accused the Gainesville police of falsifying it.

"Mr. Brantley stands 6'3", is approximately 300 pounds, and played defensive tackle at the collegiate level,'' Austin's previous attorneys wrote. "The victim, Ms. Austin, is 5'5" and less than 130 pounds. Mr. Brantley punched her in the face hard enough to knock her to the ground in front of several witnesses. Ms. Austin suffered injuries as a result and is undergoing extensive medical treatment.''

If charged, Brantley faces up to one year in jail or 12 months' probation, and up to a $1,000 fine.

The Browns have come under heavy fire for drafting a player who may have hit a woman only two weeks ago, but they were willing to take the chance that he might be innocent.

"We communicated to Caleb how serious of a matter this is to us,'' Brown said Saturday. "This is something that he can't repeat as he moves forward. More importantly than that, we communicated to Caleb that this is still something that we are investigating and looking into and that facts may turn up that prevent us for being able to keep him on our roster.

"We did feel like at this point in the draft and what we knew so far ... this was an OK point in the draft to take him."

Brown stressed that Brantley might not remain with the team even if he's not charged or not convicted.

"There are some circumstances where he may not be convicted (and he doesn't remain with the team),'' said Brown. "It's not contingent upon that. We may not be able to be comfortable with it."

Several league sources have told cleveland.com that Brantley was a character concern even before this incident.

The tumble from the second round, where most experts had him going, to the sixth round, cost him millions. A second-round pick averages about $4.8 million, including about $1.5 million guaranteed. A sixth-round picks averages about $2.5 million, with about $150,000 guaranteed.