Florida WR cleared in sexual assault case...in a hearing adjudicated by a school booster
Last Friday, it was revealed the University of Florida would allow Jake Schickel, a Jacksonville lawyer and UF football booster, to serve as the third-party counsel for the Title IX sexual assault case being heard against wide receivers Treon Harris and Antonio Callaway. Today, Callaway was cleared of the charges.
...
As first reported by ESPN, the complainant in Callaway’s case protested the selection of Schickel, refusing to take part in Florida’s faux-hearing on the grounds the University’s inclusion of a football donor in the process went against Title IX’s standard of maintaining an unbiased hearing officer.
According to the Tampa Bay Times, Schickel issued a four-page ruling today. Based on the evidence presented to him, and Callaway’s testimony that the woman was the aggressor and he was “so stoned I had no interest in having sex with anyone,” Schickel found the player not responsible for any university code of conduct violations. Callaway is the Gators’ top returning receiver this season and is expected to be the team’s No. 1 option out wide.
...
The accuser’s lawyer, John Clune, offered the following statement to the Times’s Matt Baker.
“It wasn’t exactly a news flash that Mr. Callaway was going to be found not responsible,” Clune said. “It just seems like this whole situation, ever since we found out they were having a booster hear the case, is a disgrace, and it’s a disservice to everybody who is involved in this process.”
http://deadspin.com/florida-gators-top-receiver-cleared-in-sexual-assault-c-1785234143
The young woman in the case is not planning on pursuing further action and is undecided about returning to school for the fall semester.
= new reply since forum marked as read
