The British musician had been charged with six counts of sexual assault, and was set to go on trial Jan. 3.
The sexual assault charges against Rex Orange County have been dropped, the British musician said Thursday.
But in an Instagram post on Thursday, the musician said the charges had been dismissed. British prosecutors"reviewed the evidence and decided that there is no merit in this case going to trial" and"not guilty verdicts were entered to all the charges." O'Connor said he had been"wrongly accused of touching someone one evening on their leg, neck, back, and bottom," and that"the only evidence against [him] was the individual's account."
The Crown Prosecution Service did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News, but confirmed to the"CPS prosecutors have a duty to keep each case under review," they said."Having carefully considered all the evidence, our legal test for a prosecution was no longer met and so we will not be continuing a prosecution.
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