LINCOLN – The state of Florida dropped charges Tuesday evening against Nebraska running back Mekhi Nelson after the alleged victim in the case declined to pursue charges and filed a discontinuance of prosecution.
According to Monroe County court records, an assistant prosecutor with the state of Florida filed a memorandum of no action. Nelson had been charged with felony aggravated battery of a pregnant woman.
Key West (Florida) police arrested Nelson in late June at a resort after responding to a disturbance call. According to a police report, Nelson answered the hotel room door when police arrived and told them his anger issues flared up with his girlfriend over the way another man had spoken to her…