COLINA DEL SOL, Calif. -- A local man claims he was raped by a woman. Police disagree.

As 10News digital correspondent Ron Tuatagaloa reports, the man says police are treating him differently because of his gender.

George Kelly does a lot of reading and Web surfing these days in an effort to forget the night last week when a distraught neighbor came to his door, ostensibly to talk about her son's deployment to Iraq.

"She goes into the thing about her husband dying and then she jumped from that to not having sex," Kelley claims.

It was a topic George wasn't comfortable with, but despite his protests the talk turned physical.

"She pinned me down on the bed," he said.

Kelly claims he was raped. However, according to the investigation, there's no proof; no evidence; no smoking gun. The only remnant is an apologetic phone message left by George's alleged attacker.

"I'm really sorry, OK, [about] what happened. And, um, you were right, you know. It shouldn't have happened. OK. Think like it never happened," the woman said in a recorded phone message.

It is proof of an uncomfortable interaction, perhaps, but not a rape. Which is what detectives of the sex crimes unit determined when they investigated Kelly's accusation.

Still, Kelly thinks he was brushed off because of his gender.

"I'm trying to be strong. I'm angry. I just want to... I don't know. I don't want to just feel like nothing happened. It did happen. It did happen. It happened to me," he insisted.

A police representative said Kelly's claims were investigated thoroughly, and according to department policy all rape claims are treated equally regardless of the victim's gender.

The statistics of how often men are the victims of a sexual assault are surprising to many. While women are certainly more likely to be victimized it happens to men more frequently than many think.

The statistics are fairly consistent. Approximately 10 percent of rape victims are male.

The Justice Department says one in every 33 men in the United States has been the victim of a rape or attempted rape, compared to one in six women.

But an important point to remember about these numbers -- men are far less likely to report a rape to authorities because they are concerned about being perceived as weak.

Male Rape Facts, Statistics

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has statistics and information on sexual violence in the U.S.

Is Male Rape Possible?: Health Services at Columbia University Answers

Wikepedia article on male rape research