NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — A court in the Bahamas has dismissed the rape case against a Florida International baseball star and two friends.
The judge dropped charges against Garret Wittels and two friends from New York on Monday after prosecutors filed a motion saying they had no case against them. Wittels, who had a 56-game hitting streak end earlier this year, was charged with raping a 17-year-old girl on Dec. 20.
Judge Derrence Rolle-Davis told the men at a hearing that they are free to go and their bonds would be returned.
Wittels, Robert Rothschild and Jonathan Oberti shook hands with police and lawyers outside court.
Defense attorney Richard Sharpstein tells reporters the accusations by two 17-year-old Americans stemmed from an apparent attempt to extort money from the Atlantis resort.
