Seven state troopers who were suspended without pay after a woman claimed she was raped at one of their homes will not be charged with a crime, a prosecutor said Thursday.

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Stephanie Kurowsky, a spokeswoman for the Middlesex County Prosecutor said that the case has been closed, but would not comment further.

The seven troopers have been under investigation for over seven months since a 24-year-old college student brought a formal complaint accusing them of accosting her at the home of one of the troopers in Hamilton in December.

At first, the probe was handled by the Mercer County prosecutor, but then was handed off to Middlesex County after controversial remarks made by Mercer County's top cop.

News 4 NY's Brian Thompson was told by an attorney for one of the troopers that the call from the Middlesex County prosecutor's office came Thursday afternoon. An exhaustive investigation that included polygraph and DNA tests could not substantiate the woman's claim that many of the troopers had forced her to have sex, according to the attorney.

"This has been a painful and trying period for all concerned," said David Jones, the president of the State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey in a statement released to the press. "We applaud the professionalism and dedication exhibited by all the agencies and experts who worked so diligently to assure all sides were respected and no stone was left unturned in a matter of such sensitivity and seriousness.

The woman who told authorities about the incident said there was enough evidence to go ahead with charges against all seven troopers, said her lawyer, Nat Dershowitz.

"The victim is extremely upset that the DA's office is not going to present the case to the grand jury and is not going to prosecute the matter," Dershowitz said. "She feels she has been left without any justice."

He said there were delays in the investigation and his client was not treated fairly. He also said it appears the case was closed administratively rather than with a grand jury deciding there was not enough evidence to prosecute.

Dershowitz said the 24-year-old woman, who was a student at The College of New Jersey at the time of the alleged incident, will now weigh her other legal options, including filing a civil lawsuit and asking the United States Attorney's Office to investigate the case as a civil rights violation.

He said she has to decide, "having been raped and then abused by the system, whether she wants to continue with it."

While there will be no criminal prosecution, the behavior of the troopers in those early morning hours will be referred to Attorney General Anne Milgram for possible disciplinary review.