No charges likely in Packer’s assault case

Associated Press

MILWAUKEE

Police don’t plan to recommend pressing charges against a Green Bay Packers player accused of sexual assault by two women who changed their statements during the investigation, the chief overseeing the investigation said Monday.

Delton Police Chief Tom Dorner said he expects to forward the investigation’s findings to prosecutors today, but thinks they would have a hard time proving a case.

“I think it’s going to be a problem because there’s too much information that contradicts between the alleged victims and the alleged suspect,” Dorner said.

Officers were called early Saturday to a condo in Lake Delton where seven Packers players were staying during a charity golf event. The women initially told investigators they were sexually assaulted by more than one Packer while other players held them down.

After the players were questioned, the women changed their statements to say only one person assaulted them.

Police cleared six of the seven players. A seventh player whom police declined to identify and who has not been arrested remains under investigation.