Assault charges against Mickey Joseph dismissed

The felony case towards former Nebraska soccer coach Mickey Joseph was dropped Wednesday.

Joseph was arrested in November on suspicion of strangulation and third-degree home assault after police responded to a name to his residence in south Lincoln. Officers alleged within the official report that Joseph engaged in a bodily and verbal altercation with a girl.

The girl refused to testify within the case, a prosecutor stated Wednesday in Lancaster County Courtroom. In keeping with a court docket submitting, the girl didn’t cooperate with a number of makes an attempt by the county legal professional to safe the girl as a witness.

Joseph, 55, had been scheduled for a preliminary listening to Wednesday.

He served as Nebraska’s interim coach for eight video games final season after the Sept. 11 firing of Scott Frost. Joseph was not retained by Matt Rhule, employed because the Huskers’ coach a number of days earlier than Joseph was arrested.

A former Nebraska quarterback, Joseph was employed by the Huskers in December 2021 as receivers coach. He beforehand coached for 5 seasons at LSU.

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