By Julie Montanaro WCTV Eyewitness News Posted: Thu 6:27 PM, Mar 07, 2019 Updated: Fri 5:22 AM, Mar 08, 2019
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — Two men accused of sexually assaulting a fellow FSU student in 2015 have been found not guilty at trial.
The jury deliberated for nearly four hours before reaching its verdict Thursday night.
Defense attorney Richard Smith represented **** ****** ****.
“It has been four years since the arrest of **** ****. Every day he has lived with this horrible allegation brought against him,” Smith said. “Today he has been rightfully vindicated by a jury and will start to put his life back together as an innocent man.”
Defense attorneys Ben Kuehne and Marty McDonnell represented ****** *******.
“Allegations of sexual battery are taken, and should be taken, very seriously. However, that doesn’t mean every person charged with that offense is guilty. We always believed in our client and today a heavy burden has been lifted off his shoulders,” Kuehne and McDonnell said after the not guilty verdict. We are still trying to reach the prosecutor for comment.
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