Charges dropped against Arkansas boxer Jermain Taylor

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Arkansas prosecutors have dropped domestic violence charges against former middleweight boxing champion Jermain Taylor after his accuser halted contact with authorities.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports Taylor was scheduled to stand trial on a felony terroristic threatening charge and a misdemeanour domestic battery charge. But on Monday, prosecutors said they haven’t been able to find or contact the woman who levied the accusations.

Police in the Little Rock suburb of Maumelle arrested Taylor in July 2017 on a disturbance call. A woman alleged that Taylor bit her on the arm and face and threatened to kill her.

Taylor was a professional boxer until a 2011 boxing match left him severely injured. He’s currently serving a six-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty in 2015 to nine charges, including shooting his cousin in the leg.

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Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, http://www.arkansasonline.com