Jonathan Taylor's Domestic Violence Accuser Recants Her Accusations, Arrested

A woman who accused a football player recruited by the Alabama Crimson Tide of assaulting her has now recanted and was subsequently charged with filing a false report.

According to AL.com, the accusation led to the arrest Saturday night of Jonathan Taylor, a defensive tackle on charges of domestic violence and assault. She called police Monday to recant her accusation and confirmed she filed a complaint under false pretenses the next day.

She was sent to county jail, but has since posted bond.

When police arrested Taylor, a six-foot-four, 335-pound defensive tackle, they found damage done to the 24-year-old woman's belongings as well as minor injuries on her neck, AL.com reported. At the time she said Taylor was responsible for both.

With two prior arrests, the current charges against Taylor are going to be reviewed. The University of Georgia's football team dismissed Taylor in 2013, as one of those arrests was on charges of domestic violence. His girlfriend at the time accused Taylor of choking her and hitter her with a closed fist, AL.com reported.

In the year between his dismissal at Georgia and his signing with Alabama, Taylor played football at Copiah-Lincoln Junior College in Mississippi. At a press conference Monday, Tide coach Nick Saban commented on Taylor's dismissal from the team in light of the domestic violence allegations against him. A scrutinized singing back in Jan., Saban defended it, saying he wanted to give the defensive tackle "a second chance," ESPN reported.

The coach said Taylor submitted to psychological evaluations and counseling as a condition of his signing. A spokesperson for the team told AL.com Taylor's playing status at Alabama will also be under review.

Kip Hart, Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit assistant commander, told ESPN the physical evidence supported Taylor's arrest, though the woman's recanting has not closed the investigation. An expert on domestic violence cases, he said it is common for victims to recant and in this one investigators are "just scratching the surface of what's going on."