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Nardine Saad

Rex Orange County is 'grateful' after sexual assault case dropped days before trial

Prosecutors in the United Kingdom have dropped their sexual assault case against musician Rex Orange County days before it was set to go to trial.

The Crown Prosecution Service on Thursday said the evidence in the singer's case "no longer met" its legal test for a prosecution, according to the BBC.

"We will always seek to prosecute sexual offences, where our legal test is met, no matter how challenging," a spokesperson for prosecutors added.

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