Q: In Kentucky can a harassment charge be dropped? Physical contact, no injury.. hearing coming up in a month
Boyfriend and I got in a fight. He tripped me. I pushed him in defense. He tackled me. I told him to get out. From there it turned into a mess of me panicking thinking he was going to hurt me and restraining him. Police came. Arrested no one. He said I choked him. Police noted no physical marks on anyone in the report. They approved an EPO for me denied him one. The hearing for the EPO dismissed it. By then any high emotions had dwindled. Neither one of us has ever had a charge or any record.. I received a summon for a harassment charge physical contact no injury. The officer said they’re required by law to submit it to the courts and if the EPO was dismissed then they’d likely also dismiss this case… I want to know if there is even a remote chance that the court might seek to persecute. My ex said to me on the phone that he wasn’t choked and that I pinned him down and that he was going to do what he could to not have them press charges.. is it possible? What should I do?
A: Dropping the charge is solely up to the prosecutor snd usually unlikely to happen in a domestic violence case.
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