Published January 13, 2015
A judge has dismissed felony charges against two men accused of attacking Yale University singers in a New Year's Eve brawl.
Judge Kathleen Kelly dropped the felony charges against 20-year-olds Brian Dwyer and Richard Aicardi on Wednesday, saying prosecutors lacked evidence.
Kelly Dwyer and reduced the case against Aicardi to a single count of misdemeanor assault.
Witnesses said that after the all-male a cappella group sang "The Star Spangled Banner," the attackers hurled anti-gay epithets and then beat and kicked some of the singers.
https://www.foxnews.com/story/judge-dismisses-most-charges-in-attack-on-yale-singers