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Florida prosecutors drop felony charge against Rick Ross in domestic violence case
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Miami-Dade officials drop charge of battery by strangulation against rapper due to ‘insufficient evidence’ Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped a felony charge against rapper Rick Ross nearly a month after he was arrested in Miami Beach when a woman he was living with told pol
Miami-Dade officials drop charge of battery by strangulation against rapper due to ‘insufficient evidence’ Florida prosecutors on Thursday dropped a felony charge against rapper Rick Ross nearly a month after he was arrested in Miami Beach when a woman he was living with told police he hit her, court records said. The Miami-Dade state attorney’s office filed paperwork on Thursday to drop a felony charge of battery by strangulation because of “insufficient evidence”. Ross, whose legal name is William Roberts II, still faces a misdemeanor charge of battery domestic violence.
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