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Prosecutors drop sexual assault charges filed against former Seton Hall basketball player

The incident allegedly happened at Michael Nzei’s Newark home on Christmas Day in 2021.

Matt Trapani

Jun 26, 2024, 2:22 AM

Updated 161 days ago

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All charges have been dropped against a former Seton Hall basketball player who was accused of sexual assault.
Michael Nzei’s trial was supposed to start in a few days.
The incident allegedly happened at Nzei’s Newark home on Christmas Day in 2021.
Nzei’s attorney says that prosecutors voluntarily dismissed the charges.
“This is yet another example of a well-known athlete…who was dragged through the mud merely because of his success on the basketball court and later in the corporate world,” attorney Patrick P. Toscano, Jr. wrote in a statement. “This entire debacle was, for want of a better word, sad.”