Prosecutors drop felony battery by strangulation charge against rapper Rick Ross

The legal status of the criminal case shifts as the most serious felony count is dismissed, though misdemeanor proceedings continue.

• •The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office filed paperwork Thursday to drop a felony charge of battery by strangulation against Rick Ross.
• •The charge was dropped due to 'insufficient evidence.'
• •Ross still faces a misdemeanor charge of battery domestic violence and has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
• •Ross was originally arrested in Miami Beach on Oct. 1 after a woman he lived with accused him of hitting her.
• •The arrest report stated the woman accused Ross of striking her multiple times, choking her with a shirt collar, and slamming her into a wall on Aug. 28.
• •Ross previously pleaded no contest to aggravated assault in Georgia in 2017 and was exonerated under a first-time offender program.
• •Ross is a prominent musician and entrepreneur known for founding Maybach Music Group and releasing albums such as 'Port of Miami.'