LINCOLN, Neb. -- The felony assault case against former Nebraska interim head coach and assistant Mickey Joseph was dismissed Wednesday because the alleged victim refuses to testify.
Joseph had faced a charge of assault by strangulation or suffocation in connection with a November domestic disturbance at the home where he and his wife, Priscilla Joseph, lived.
A preliminary hearing was scheduled, but prosecutor Erica Pruess told Lancaster County Judge Laurie Yardley the alleged victim emailed her to say she wouldn't testify.
Pruess said authorities in Arizona, where the alleged victim now lives, were unsuccessful in their attempt to serve a summons requiring her to appear.