INDIANAPOLIS -- Indianapolis City-County Councilor Zach Adamson will not face charges for an alleged incident in September 2015.
A criminal complaint was filed against Adamson in June by a 19-year-old man, who claimed Adamson had sexually assaulted him in September 2015.
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Adamson strongly denied the accusations, calling them "completely untrue and without merit."
On Thursday, Special Prosecutor Tami Napier released a report to the court stating she had decided not to file charges against Adamson.
Adamson, a Democrat, won re-election to his seat in District 17 in November. He released a statement Thursday afternoon about the prosecutor's decision:
From the beginning, we have maintained that the accusations against me were false. We are pleased that after 7 weeks of extensive investigations by the police, they have come to the same conclusion.
We're grateful to the IMPD detectives working on this matter and thank them for their thorough investigation.
I wish to thank the many people here in Indianapolis and around
Indiana who've reached out to express their unequivocal support for me and my family during this time.
We look forward to putting this behind us so we can get back to the important work of improving the quality of life for the people of the 17th District and across Indianapolis.
