Georgia's Colbie Young cleared to practice, hoping charges dropped - ESPN

Georgia wide receiver Colbie Young, who hasn't played for the Bulldogs since his arrest Oct. 8 on misdemeanor charges of battery and assault on an unborn child, returned to practice Monday after being cleared to do so by the university's Equal Opportunity Office.

Sources told ESPN on Tuesday that Young, who had been suspended from the team since his arrest, will not be allowed to play in games until his legal matter is resolved. He has an arraignment scheduled for state court in Athens, Georgia, on Dec. 10.

«The Title IX office at UGA cleared Colbie so he was allowed to return to the team activities, including practice,» Young's attorney, Kim Stephens, told ESPN. «We expect and hope that the prosecutors will follow the Title IX office's lead and dismiss the charges against Mr. Young in the very near future.»

The woman involved in an altercation that led to Young's arrest and suspension retracted her statement to police and requested that all criminal charges against him be dropped, according to an affidavit provided to ESPN by Stephens.

According to an Athens-Clarke County Police incident report obtained by ESPN, a 20-year-old woman, who described herself as Young's ex-girlfriend, told police that she went to his apartment to discuss their relationship.

When the conversation became heated after she discovered he was on the phone with another woman, the complainant said Young «grabbed her left arm near her biceps and triceps and physically pulled her out of his room.» The woman said Young was «using derogatory terms and being demeaning of her.» She said Young went back to his room and locked the door.

The woman told police she started to collect her belongings when a friend called her phone. When she answered, the woman