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Charges dropped against Flyers’ prospect Cousins

Nick Cousins

Sexual-assault charges have been withdrawn against Flyers prospect Nick Cousins and two other junior players.

From the Sault Star newspaper:

Nick Cousins, 19, of Belleville, Ont., Andrew Fritsch, 19, of Brantford, and Mark Petaccio, 18, of Sicklerville, N.J., who now plays for the Ottawa 67s, were charged with sexual assault last August.

The Crown withdrew the charges in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom Thursday citing “no reasonable prospect of conviction.”

The charges were withdrawn on the condition that the three men enter into a 12-month peace bond, requiring them to keep the peace, have no communication with the complainant and not to come within 500 metres of her home, work or school.

Cousins, a center with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, is one of the Flyers’ top prospects. The 68th overall pick in the 2011 draft had 103 points in 64 games this season.

Fritsch is a sixth-round pick (2011) of the Coyotes.

Petaccio is undrafted.