Prosecutors have declined to file charges against a Washington Wizards basketball player who had been accused of raping a woman at the Grand America Hotel in February.
A 3 1/2-month investigation by Salt Lake police and prosecutors ended Tuesday when authorities opted not to charge Wizards forward-center Jahidi White with the alleged Feb. 14 rape of a Salt Lake County woman.
"There was insufficient evidence to proceed with criminal charges," deputy district attorney Kent Morgan said. "It did not meet our standard of a reasonable likelihood of a conviction."
Investigators had interviewed White, 27, within the past couple weeks, but Morgan declined to discuss the contents of that meeting.
The victim also declined to comment on the case. The woman, 24, told police White raped her in the early morning hours before the Wizard's 109-77 loss to the Utah Jazz at the Delta Center the night of Feb. 14.