Charges dropped against Vanilla Ice

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 29 (UPI) -- Rapper Vanilla Ice won't be prosecuted for allegedly hitting his wife, court documents in Florida show.

Palm Beach County, Fla., prosecutors said they decided against filing criminal charges against the rapper, real name Robert Van Winkle, People magazine reported Tuesday.

"There is insufficient credible evidence ... due to the victim recanting her original statement and lack of an independent witness," prosecutors wrote to the court.

Vanilla Ice was arrested April 10 in Wellington, Fla., after his wife told law enforcement officials he allegedly "struck" and "kicked" her.

"It was just a verbal argument. He didn't physically harm his wife," Winkle attorney Bradford M. Cohen told the magazine.

A restraining order against the rapper also was lifted.