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NFL draft prospect Caleb Brantley charged with punching woman in face

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Just days before he was expected to be an early round pick in the NFL draft, former Florida defensive lineman Caleb Brantley faces a misdemeanor battery charge on a complaint that he knocked a woman unconscious in a fight earlier this month.

The charge filed Friday appears to be a complete reversal from the first report by the Gainesville Police Department, which listed Brantley, 22, as the victim in an early morning altercation on April 13. But that's because the initial report was wrong, according to the woman's attorney, North Florida Lawyers' Michael Williams. He said that report was falsified and that Gainesville police told him the officers listed on that report were not involved.