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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama spokeswoman Deborah Lane said in a statement Thursday that former defensive tackle "Jonathan Taylor is no longer a student at The University of Alabama and is not eligible for readmission," even though the accuser in Taylor's domestic violence case recanted her story to police that Taylor assaulted her. Consequently, Alabama coach Nick Saban said that Taylor will not return to the team. He dismissed Taylor from the Tide on Sunday. "That decision has already been made. He won't be back with us," Saban told ESPN.com on Thursday. A deposition released Thursday by Tuscaloosa County District Court indicates the 24-year-old woman, identified as Gina Marie Nawab, said the bruises on her neck were self-inflicted and damage to a door in her apartment was already there. She was charged with false reporting to law enforcement. "She made it up to get back at him for cheating on her in December and she thought he was cheating again," the deposition...