TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey prosecutors have dropped the most serious charges against a man who had been accused of killing a former “American Idol” contestant with his car, agreeing with his lawyer that even though he had confessed, there is no evidence he struck the woman.
Daniel Bark pleaded guilty under a plea agreement Monday to eluding police and drunken driving. Prosecutors dismissed aggravated manslaughter and other charges in the 2009 accident that killed Alexis Cohen of Allentown, Pa. Her profanity-laden rants when she was rejected by the show on two successive seasons were shown repeatedly.
The 25-year-old’s body was found on a road in Seaside Heights.
Bark faces probation and nearly a year in jail when he’s sentenced. His attorney Michael Nolan told the Asbury Park Press (http://on.app.com/tjpjiD ) there’s never been any physical evidence connecting Bark to Cohen’s death.
“As we’ve said all along, there has never been any
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