DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE AGAINST THE FORMER INTERIM NEBRASKA FOOTBALL COACH IS DISMISSED. GOOD EVENING. I’M BILL CHALMERS. I’M QUEASY. FRASER IN LANCASTER COUNTY COURT TODAY. PROSECUTORS SAY THE ALLEGED VICTIM IN THE CASE REFUSED TO TESTIFY WHICH LED TO THE DISMISSAL. KATIE NEWSWATCH SEVEN SHOT MCKINNON IS IN LINCOLN WITH DETAILS AND REACTION. A CASE DISMISSED TODAY, BUT NEITHER THE DEFENDANT NOR THE STATE’S BEST POTENTIAL WITNESS PHYSICALLY. PRESIDENT OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY COURTHOUSE TODAY. FORMER NEBRASKA INTERIM HEAD COACH MICKEY JOSEPH, APPEARING VIA ZOOM. HIS WIFE PRISCILLA JOSEPH NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. THIS IS STIVERS, ROBERT JOSEPH IN WHAT WAS SET AS A PRELIMINARY HEARING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE. QUICKLY TURNING INTO A DISMISSAL IN LESS THAN ONE MINUTE IN COURT MATTERS DISMISSED ON THE MOTION TO STATE AT STATE’S CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE. THANK YOU. THE LANCASTER COUNTY DEPUTY ATTORNEY REVEALING MONTHS AGO, PRISCILLA JOSEPH SAID SHE DIDN’T WANT TO TESTIFY. I HAD RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MISS JOSEPH ON FEBRUARY 17TH TO MYSELF AND MR. BRENNAN, INDICATING THAT MISS JOSEPH WAS NOT INTENDING TO TESTIFY IN THIS CASE. THE STATE BELIEVES PRISCILLA JOSEPH IS NOW LIVING IN ARIZONA AND THROUGH JUDICIAL POWERS, ATTEMPTED TO GET HER BACK TO NEBRASKA. SO WE DID ISSUE AN OUT OF STATE SUBPOENA IN ORDER TO ENSURE HER APPEARANCE AND AFFIDAVIT SHOWS ARIZONA LAW ENFORCEMENT WENT TO THE HOUSE. JOSEPH WAS BELIEVED TO BE OUT ON FOUR SEPARATE DAYS. NO ONE EVER CAME TO THE DOOR OR RESPONDED TO A CALLBACK NUMBER THAT WAS LEFT THERE. DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS BY THE AUTHORITIES IN ARIZONA, SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE SERVED WITHOUT PRISCILLA JOSEPH. THE STATE’S CASE MISSING ITS KEY WITNESS. SO AT THIS TIME, I AM MOVING TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE AT STATE’S COST. AND FROM MICKEY JOSEPH AND HIS ATTORNEY. ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SAY THAT YOU DON’T GRANT OR THAT WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT REQUEST? MICKEY JOSEPH WALKS AWAY A FREE MAN. THIS CASE WAS DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. THAT LEGAL TERM, MEANING THIS COULD BE REFILED, FILED AND LOOKED AT ON A LATER D
Domestic violence case against Mickey Joseph dismissed after alleged victim declines to testify
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Updated: 12:55 PM CDT Apr 6, 2023
The case against former Nebraska interim football coach Mickey Joseph was dismissed Wednesday in Lancaster County court.Joseph, who was arrested in November and charged with strangulation, was accused of physically assaulting and choking his wife, according to court documents.Court records show an out-of-state subpoena was issued for his wife, Priscilla Joseph, to appear in court to testify, but she never showed up.According to an affidavit, over several days the court made multiple attempts to serve her with the subpoena but were unable to.Get the latest headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7Joseph appeared via video with his attorney Wednesday. The judge dismissed the case without prejudice meaning they could refile at a later time.According to court documents, Priscilla told dispatch that her husband had been "verbal and physical" with her. Joseph denied the allegations, according to court documents.In December, Nebraska Athletics said that Joseph was no longer employed by the university.If you or someone you know is suffering from domestic abuse, call the WCA hotline at 402-345-7273. The service group provides services to help victims escape abusive situations. Learn more at the WCA website.Top headlinesState liquor commission closes Omaha bar for 30 days but city council president wants it shut downOmaha City Council votes down liquor license for 'Taste of Omaha' at Elmwood ParkOmaha City Council rejects plan to make Farnam permanent two-way street
LINCOLN, Neb. — The case against former Nebraska interim football coach Mickey Joseph was dismissed Wednesday in Lancaster County court.
Joseph, who was arrested in November and charged with strangulation, was accused of physically assaulting and choking his wife, according to court documents.
Court records show an out-of-state subpoena was issued for his wife, Priscilla Joseph, to appear in court to testify, but she never showed up.
According to an affidavit, over several days the court made multiple attempts to serve her with the subpoena but were unable to.
Get the latest headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7
Joseph appeared via video with his attorney Wednesday. The judge dismissed the case without prejudice meaning they could refile at a later time.
According to court documents, Priscilla told dispatch that her husband had been "verbal and physical" with her.
Joseph denied the allegations, according to court documents.
In December, Nebraska Athletics said that Joseph was no longer employed by the university.
If you or someone you know is suffering from domestic abuse, call the WCA hotline at 402-345-7273. The service group provides services to help victims escape abusive situations. Learn more at the WCA website.
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