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FSU hearing clears quarterback Jameis Winston

Posted at 6:30 PM, Dec 21, 2014
and last updated 2014-12-21 18:30:31-05

(CNN) — Florida State University quarterback Jameis Winston has been cleared by a school panel that considered whether he violated the student conduct code in relation to allegations that he sexually assaulted another student two years ago.

Winston was not arrested in the alleged 2012 incident, but he faced a code-of-conduct violation charge for sexual misconduct in the university hearing.

The independent hearing officer on the panel, Major B. Harding, ruled that “In sum, the preponderance of the evidence has not shown that you are responsible for any of the charged violations of the Code.

“Namely, I find that the evidence before me is insufficient to satisfy the burden of proof,” the ruling says.