Charges against wrestler Angle dropped

CORAOPOLIS, Pa., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Assault charges against U.S. professional wrestler Kurt Angle were dropped during a Pennsylvania court hearing Tuesday, attorneys said.

District Judge Mary Murray of Coraopolis dismissed the charges against Angle, who has been accused of attacking ex-girlfriend Trenesha Biggers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.

"I've had a hard year," Angle told reporters outside the courtroom in suburban Pittsburgh. "I've had a lot of false accusations and this was the hardest. I've never hit a woman, never would."

Biggers claimed Angle slammed her head into a wall during an argument in their Moon, Pa., home.

"She says this violent altercation occurred and as you know my client is a professional wrestler, he's a big guy," Angle's attorney Michele Santicola told KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh. "If this terribly violent incident had occurred, there would be some injuries here."

"We are going to push to re-file this again with the (district attorney), Biggers told reporters. "We will be able to submit the confessions and voice mails and all the other evidence that we have."