The woman who accused former Auburn running back Jovon Robinson of domestic assault has recanted her claim, according to a report by al.com.
According to the woman — whose identity al.com is protecting — Robinson "physically assaulted her by smashing her head in a door, causing injuries to her knees, shoulder and face" around 3 a.m. on the morning of July 16.
She sent an email to Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn at 5:56 a.m., which Malzahn forwarded to Auburn's Title IX coordinator Kelley Taylor.
"After about (five) minutes, without being provoked in any way, he frantically gets up and shoves me out the door, not giving me a chance to gather my things before doing so (phone and keys)," the woman wrote to Malzahn, according to the report. "In the process to physically throw me out, Jovon managed to smash my head in the door and skin both of my knees on the hallway carpet. I now have two bloody knees, a bruised shoulder, and a knot above my eye."
Robinson repeatedly denied all wrongdoing, but on Aug. 3, the first day of fall camp, he was dismissed from the team after Malzahn said Robinson "did not meet my standards or expectations of what it takes to be an Auburn Tiger football player."
Then on Aug. 5, according to the report, the woman wrote another email to Malzahn stating she "made up the entire thing," that "my lie should not cost him a spot on the team" and that she would "hate to see a person with so much potential lose his opportunity because of my silly fib."
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