Hornets F Miles Bridges has charges against him dropped
Miles Bridges had all three criminal counts against him dropped Tuesday afternoon, according to a document filed in the Mecklenburg County (North Carolina) court.
The state of North Carolina dropped its cases against the Charlotte Hornets forward due to "lack of sufficient evidence" against him, ESPN reported.
Prosecutors were pursuing three charges against Bridges: domestic violence protective order violation, misdemeanor child abuse and injury to personal property.
Neither the Hornets nor the Mecklenburg County District Attorney's office have provided a comment at this time.
"The evidence was going to show Miles was innocent and we were going to win a trial," Allen Brotherton, Bridges' attorney, told ESPN. "Our local prosecutor has great integrity, and people should appreciate the courage to do the right thing."
The matter began when the mother of Bridges' two children accused him of assaulting her in front of their children in June 2022. On Nov. 3, 2022, Bridges pleaded no contest to a felony domestic violence charge of injuring a child's parent and as a result has a three-year probation term in exchange for no jail time.
He sat out the entire 2022-23 season due to the allegations and served a 30-game suspension handed down by the NBA for the situation. The final 10 games were served at the beginning of the 2023-24 season.
Bridges was awaiting a Feb. 20 court case for the alleged violation of a domestic violence court order. On Nov. 17, he returned to the Hornets' lineup and played his first game since April 10, 2022.
This story will be updated.
