MIAMI – Brandon Allen was found not guilty Wednesday of attacking a fellow Florida International University student inside her dorm room last year.
Allen, 21, was arrested April 26, 2015, on charges of false imprisonment, battery and indecent exposure. He was cleared of all charges Wednesday.
"Justice was served," Allen told Local 10 News as he left the courtroom. "That's all I've got to say."
Before the jury began deliberating, they watched a video of Allen being interviewed by detectives. A juror also admitted to seeing a clip about Allen’s trial on the news, but Allen and his attorneys chose to proceed with the jury.
According to an arrest report, Allen went to the victim's dorm room uninvited at 2:50 a.m. the same day he was arrested and called her to be let inside.
Police said the woman allowed Allen inside her room, where he began kissing her against her will and making sexual advances.
The student told police that she told him to stop, but he restrained her with his body weight and arms.
According to the report, Allen held the victim down with his arm as he masturbated and then he ejaculated on her back and head area.
Allen testified in his defense Tuesday, claiming that he stopped the moment the woman asked him to.
The woman also testified Tuesday and said that Allen had expressed interest in her in the past, but she wasn't romantically interested in him.
She said Allen lifted her shirt, kissed her in different places on her body and put his hands down her pants. She said Allen also grabbed her neck during the incident.
"We didn't find enough evidence to convict, sincerely," a juror said after the trial. "It was just a unanimous conclusion."
The woman who accused Allen of the attack wasn't in court for the verdict.