Charges of Domestic Assault and Battery Against International Student Dismissed Over Zoom

This past December our client, an international student, met up with a woman visiting Massachusetts. After a few dates the woman suspected that our client had another girlfriend. She followed him and incorrectly believed that her suspicions were confirmed. She confronted our client who adamantly denied the accusations. She did not believe him. He attempted to walk away from her and she started to scream and call the police. She hysterically claimed that our client had “beat the shit out of” her. He was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery in violation of G.L. c. 265 section 13M. After being arraigned our client left the United States and returned to his home country. When he attempted to return for his court appearances he learned that his student visa had been revoked. He then hired Attorney Stephen Neyman to represent him. We convinced a very compassionate judge to permit our client to appear by Zoom for his pretrial and a scheduled trial date. Today, the case was dismissed and our client was allowed to appear by Zoom.

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