- ABC News
- April 2, 2015
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama coach Nick Saban said Thursday that former defensive tackle Jonathan Taylor will not return to the team even though the accuser in Taylor's domestic violence case recanted her story to police that Taylor assaulted her. "That decision has already been made. He won't be back with us," Saban told ESPN.com. Alabama spokeswoman Deborah Lane said in a statement earlier Thursday that "Jonathan Taylor is no longer a student at The University of Alabama and is not eligible for readmission." Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit assistant commander Kip Hart said Taylor's accuser, a 24-year-old woman whose identity is being withheld, approached investigators Monday and provided a written statement saying she fabricated the story. She was subsequently arrested for giving a false report. Citing court documents, the Tuscaloosa News reported on Thursday that the woman told police she suspected Taylor of cheating on her. According to a news release from...