World Series MVP John Wetteland’s Child Sex Abuse Charges Dropped

Former NY Yankees star John Wetteland — months after a jury failed to achieve a verdict throughout trial — is now free and clear after prosecutors moved to drop all felony aggravated sexual assault prices towards the previous All-Star nearer.

According to court docket information obtained by TMZ Sports, all three prices had been dropped towards 56-year-old Wetteland after the D.A. didn’t retry the 1996 World Series hero who was accused of forcing a four-year-old little one, a relative, to carry out sexual acts on him between in his bed room between 2004 and 2006.

Wetteland all the time adamantly denied the allegations and pled not responsible at trial.

As we beforehand reported, Wetteland was arrested in January 2019 and hit with a number of little one sexual abuse prices. He was dealing with 25 years to life in jail if convicted. JW lastly went to trial in late 2022, however a jury of 12 could not attain a verdict — responsible or not — and a choose declared a mistrial on September 2.

Following the hung jury, a juror instructed native media they had been cut up 10-2, and though the juror did not explicitly say the ten votes had been “not guilty,” the juror indicated most wished to acquit.

Of course, MLB followers are aware of the 3x All-Star nearer. Back in 1996, when the Yankees got here again from two video games down towards the Atlanta Braves, Wetteland was named the World Series Most Valuable Player.

Due to the rise of younger aid pitcher, Mariano Rivera, Wetteland went to the Texas Rangers in 1997 … and stayed in Arlington till retiring after the 2000 season.

He was inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame in 2005.

Despite being arrested and charged, Wetteland was by no means discovered responsible.