BOSTON (AP) — Authorities have dropped rape charges against a former Boston University hockey player.
Prosecutors said during a brief court hearing Friday they are no longer pursuing the case against Max Nicastro, but did not specify their reasons.
The 22-year-old Nicastro told the Boston Herald (http://bit.ly/L8zu1T ) outside court that he was relieved and wanted to move on.
Nicastro, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., was arrested Feb. 19 after he was accused of assaulting a female student on campus. He pleaded not guilty, was suspended from the team and withdrew from school.
His lawyer says prosecutors conducted a “thorough investigation” and “declined to prosecute, which speaks volumes.”
