Tayler Ray Price, a 21-year-old West Virginia resident, interviewed for a probationary police officer position with the South Charleston Police Department in February 2017.
While discussing his background, Price recounted having formed a physical relationship with a woman and recording their encounter after a night of drinking the previous year.
The woman was subsequently interviewed by police and stated that she did not remember the incident, let alone consenting to it.
Price was therefore charged with second-degree non-consensual misconduct.
He, however, was acquitted exactly one year later, in February 2018.
Judge Duke Bloom determined that prosecutors had failed to prove the woman was incapacitated or physically helpless during the incident.
While discussing his background, Price recounted having formed a physical relationship with a woman and recording their encounter after a night of drinking the previous year.
The woman was subsequently interviewed by police and stated that she did not remember the incident, let alone consenting to it.
Price was therefore charged with second-degree non-consensual misconduct.
He, however, was acquitted exactly one year later, in February 2018.
Judge Duke Bloom determined that prosecutors had failed to prove the woman was incapacitated or physically helpless during the incident.