Wow. Now, who has the crazy enough balls to sign this guy?
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Greg? Hardy charges dismissed
Updated: February 9, 2015, 10:54 AM ET
By David Newton | ESPN.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Domestic violence charges against Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg? Hardy have been dismissed, with his accuser not making herself available to help with the case, prosecutors announced Monday.
Hardy's appeal of the 2014 conviction was scheduled to begin Monday morning at the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, but his accuser, ex-girlfriend Nicole Holder, did not show up for the hearing.
In a statement explaining the decision to dismiss charges, the district attorney's office said it has been made aware that Holder and Hardy have reached a civil settlement and that she has "intentionally made herself unavailable to the State."
"Without her testimony, in this particular instance, the State could not proceed," the district attorney's office said.
Hardy requested the jury trial July 15 after Mecklenburg District Court Judge Rebecca Thorne Tin found the 2013 Pro Bowl selection guilty of assaulting and threatening Holder. Under North Carolina law, his appeal set aside the guilty verdict.
Prosecutors last spoke with Holder in November, and at that time she indicated she wasn't interested in participating in another trial. She has not spoken with them since then, they said in the statement.
Hardy left the courthouse without comment.
He played only one game last season but received $13.1 million from Carolina after being designated the franchise tag in February.
Hardy was placed on the inactive roster in Week 2, days after the NFL's climate regarding domestic violence changed with the release of a video showing then-Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice hitting his then-fiancée Janay Palmer in a casino elevator.
Hardy was placed on the commissioner's exempt list before Week 3 until his case was resolved. General manager Dave Gettleman said after the July 15 verdict that "what's happened with Greg? is very concerning and disappointing."