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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – from www.abcnews.go.com – A Georgia district attorney decided today not to file sex assault charges against Pittsburgh Steeler’s quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Roethlisberger, dubbed “Big Ben” by Steelers fans, had been accused a sexual assault last month by a 20-year-old George College & State University student who claimed the assault took place in a Milledgeville nightclub.

Roethlisberger said there was consensual sexual contact, but no intercourse.

The decision not to prosecute was made by District Attorney Fred Bright.

“There will be no arrest made or criminal prosecution of Mr. Roethlisberger,” Bright said.

Immediately after the woman made the allegation, Special Agent Tom Davis of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said, authorities began reviewing videos from Milledgeville nightclubs that Roethlisberger, 28, visited.

Roethlisberger’s lawyer, Ed Garland, has disputed the Georgia assault claim and hired his own team to investigate.

Roethlisberger told police last month that he did not have sexual intercourse with the woman who has accused him of a March 5 assault, according to anonymous sources cited by KDKA-TV.

The sources reportedly told the station that Roethlisberger spoke with Milledgeville police on the night of the alleged assault and admitted sexual contact with the woman but said that it was not consummated. The sources said Roethlisberger told police that the woman slipped and fell afterward, injuring her head, according to KDKA.

Diane Kelly, spokeswoman for the Milledgeville Police Department, declined to comment on the case and whether police have interviewed Roethlisberger.

Roethlisberger’s lawyers could not be reached for comment.

It was the second time in a year the two-time Super Bowl champion had been accused of sexual misconduct. Roethlisberger also faces a lawsuit filed in July by a woman who alleged that he raped her in 2008 at a Lake Tahoe hotel and casino, which he has denied. He has not been criminally charged and has claimed counter-damages in the lawsuit.

Roethlisberger, nicknamed “Big Ben” by football fans, led his team to Super Bowl victories in 2006 and 2009.

from ESPN: MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. — Authorities in Georgia won’t charge Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger after a 20-year-old college student said he sexually assaulted her.

District Attorney Fred Bright made the announcement Monday.

“We do not prosecute morals. We prosecute crimes,” Bright said.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has plans to meet this week with Roethlisberger, sources familiar with the situation have told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen.

The student had told police that Roethlisberger sexually assaulted her last month at a nightclub in the central Georgia college town of Milledgeville.

Bright says questions still persist about what happened between Roethlisberger and the student inside a bathroom at the club. However, he says the accuser and her family told authorities they did not want to press charges.

Roethlisberger, who is 28, owns a home about 30 miles north of Milledgeville on Lake Oconee.

He also is being sued by a woman who claims he raped her in 2008 at a hotel and casino in Lake Tahoe, an allegation he strongly denies.