Overview
- On Friday prosecutors filed paperwork dismissing the felony battery-by-strangulation count against Rick Ross because of insufficient evidence.
- Ross still faces at least one misdemeanor battery domestic-violence charge to be arraigned and has pleaded not guilty to the remaining charge.
- Miami Beach Police say investigators collected a victim statement, time-stamped injury photos and surveillance video that they said established probable cause for the arrest.
- Ross surrendered to Miami Beach Police on Oct. 1, was booked and released that day on a $5,000 bond, and a judge ordered him to stay away from the accuser and surrender any firearms.
- The charge reduction sharply cuts Ross’s potential legal exposure if convicted and leaves the case to play out in court against the backdrop of past legal troubles and public attention.