Christian Ziegler is accused of recording a s*x act without consent, police said in a statement on Thursday.
A woman with whom he and his wife had a prior consensual sexual relationship previously alleged that he r*ped her.
According to heavily redacted police documents, Mr Ziegler, his wife, Bridget Ziegler and the unnamed woman had planned a threesome in October, but Mrs Ziegler was unable to attend.
Mr Ziegler instead arrived alone, the complaint alleged, and assaulted the woman.
But police in Sarasota say they reviewed hours of video evidence and conducted nearly a dozen interviews and determined that it was unlikely that any sexual battery took place during the 4 October encounter.
"Ziegler recorded the encounter on his cell phone," Sarasota Police Department said in the Thursday statement.
"The video showed that the encounter was likely consensual. Therefore, detectives were unable to develop probable cause to charge Ziegler with Sexual Battery."
Better to be charged with voyeurism than r*pe, am I right?
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Pretty chad move to ask for a $2 million pay off from the Republican Party when you have video proof you're innocent
Remember, just because she consents doesn't mean she actually consents.
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This is the same cope these people have when a police bodycam vindicates the police .
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hey my wife couldn't make it. want to have s*x anyway?
yeah might as well
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...omg I was r*ped.
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