FAYETTEVILLE -- Prosecutors have decided not to pursue criminal charges after a University of Arkansas at Fayetteville student was accused by another student of rape at a campus residence hall.
"After a lengthy review by two of our prosecutors, it was determined that there wasn't enough evidence to prove the case," Matt Durrett, prosecuting attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit, wrote in an email Friday.
Police in October said a UA student reported that she had been raped Oct. 20 by an acquaintance, another UA student, at the Northwest Quad residence hall. Police described the woman as 19 and the accused man as 23, and they said the individuals had known each other since the beginning of the school year.
Durrett said the accused man told authorities the sex was consensual.
The investigative report from university police was handed over to prosecutors Oct. 31. Prosecutors made the decision not to pursue the case "within the last week or so," Durrett said.
He said multiple interviews were conducted as part of the investigation, and information from a medical exam of the woman was reviewed by prosecutors.
"There just wasn't enough evidence to prove forcible compulsion beyond a reasonable doubt," Durrett said.
Metro on 02/07/2015