A judge has lifted a temporary restraining order filed against Rutgers wide receiver Leonte Carroo.
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Carroo and the alleged victim promising they will have no contact with each other, The Record reported.
A Piscataway municipal court judge dismissed the charges Tuesday night after the woman said she didn’t want to testify. The altercation involved Carroo’s current girlfriend, who is also is suing the woman.
Carroo was charged with slamming a woman to the ground outside the team’s training center after a loss last month and has pleaded not guilty to simple assault.
Rutgers (2-2) lost its only Big Ten game so far while Carroo was suspended, 27-3 at Penn State. She also agreed to drop a request for a restraining order. “They decided not to pursue this for whatever reason”, he said. She said she wanted to put the incident behind her. Carroo was immediately suspended following his arrest and charge. Vega filed cross-charges against the woman, but only Carroo’s case was at stake today, Fetky said.
Carroo is the Rutgers record-holder with 22 career touchdown catches, including three in the first of the two games he played this season.
“We have conflicting statements, there’s a few conflicting medical reports, there’s unclear video”, Lanza told Fackelman in the courtroom.
The Edison native must attend six hours of court-ordered anger management counseling, a standard protocol for domestic violence allegations.
Before letting him go, Fackelman asked Carroo if he understood how big a problem domestic violence was and whether he would make good decisions in the future. “Which way are you going to turn?”
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The dismissal of the complaint was forced because the victim did not wish to be a witness in the case and there was a lack of other evidence against Carroo, Lanza said. The firm, on its website, says it has the nation’s premier collegiate sports practice for the representation of colleges and universities in NCAA rules compliance, eligibility and infractions matters.
