Police released a UW-La Crosse student Tuesday who had been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman during the Mifflin Street Block Party Saturday, according to a police report.
The 20-year-old man was cleared of third-degree sexual assault charges when the district attorney decided that he lacked sufficient evidence to prove a crime had taken place.
The victim told the Madison Police Department she was trying to find her friends at the party when the man followed her into the basement, MPD spokesperson Joel DeSpain told The Capital Times.
The sexual assault allegedly occurred when the two were in the basement, DeSpain said, although the man said the sexual act was consensual.
According to WKOW, police took him to the Dane County Jail immediately following his arrest and he remained in custody until Tuesday, when the Dane County district attorney declined to prosecute the case.
