Prosecutors to drop assault charge against Patriots’ Barmore

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts prosecutors mentioned Monday that they’ll drop a home assault and battery cost towards New England Patriots defensive lineman Christian Barmore as a result of they don’t imagine they will show their case.

Barmore, 26, appeared in Attleboro District Courtroom along with his authorized workforce however didn’t converse within the courtroom and didn’t reply reporters’ questions.

A legal grievance had mentioned Barmore briefly took his girlfriend’s telephone, threw her to the ground and grabbed her by the shirt final yr throughout an Aug. 8 argument at his residence in Mansfield outdoors Boston. The girl advised Mansfield police she reported the incident on Aug. 25, practically three weeks after it occurred. She offered officers with a photograph exhibiting bruising she mentioned occurred when she was thrown to the ground, in accordance with the grievance.

Nevertheless, Bristol County District Lawyer Thomas M. Quinn III advised reporters that the girl who made the grievance didn’t wish to journey out of state for the case. He additionally identified that Barmore wasn’t arrested when the grievance was initially made, which he mentioned was vital.

Barmore’s lawyer, David Meier, has denied that any crime occurred.

“The proof will display that no legal conduct passed off,” Meier mentioned in a earlier assertion, calling the matter a private dispute he expects shall be resolved.

The Patriots beforehand mentioned they have been conscious of the state of affairs and had notified the NFL.