State attorney: No sex assault charges for Michael Irvin
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—Former Dallas Cowboys star Michael Irvin will not be charged with sexual assault after Florida prosecutors said Monday that hotel video and other evidence aren’t sufficient to prove his accuser’s allegations.
Broward County Assistant State Attorney Christine Adler wrote in a report that without additional corroboration of the accuser’s account, prosecutors “would not be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a sexual battery occurred.”
A 27-year-old woman accused Irvin of drugging and sexually assaulting her at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale in March. Irvin, 51, had insisted for months that he had been falsely accused.
Irvin, who settled a sexual assault lawsuit in 2011, told a press conference Monday that these latest allegations had cost him “millions” in endorsements and business opportunities, but declined to give details.
“Just being accused of something like this, this is as devastated as it can be,” said Irvin, a Fort Lauderdale native who works as an analyst for the NFL Network and as a Christian speaker. Irvin was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007.
He said only murdering someone is worse than falsely accusing the person of sexual assault.
“And this might even be worse because you are leaving someone alive after accusing them of drugging someone and then raping someone.” He said he and his wife have prayed for the woman, but he wants prosecutors to charge her with making a false police report.