One ugly truth is that political considerations always play a role in these things, and in a place like Lawrence, KS, the attitude a local prosecutor takes toward football and basketball players accused of wrongdoing is always going to be a high-profile issue for how they are perceived by their electorate. TSJ isn't a KU player of course, but it ties into the same concept.
But then another ugly truth is that the ability of the accused and his allies to pressure the alleged victim into withdrawing their cooperation from the case is extremely commonly THE factor in cases involving violence against women, sexual or otherwise. And because of the uniqueness of this case, TSJ probably has no ability to do that even if he and his people had the inclination to try. Nor is this an alleged victim trapped in a situation where she's "persecuting" the star of the local team.
We shall see.