Reuters: Sports News: Prosecutors drop murder charges against U.S. Open tennis official

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Prosecutors drop murder charges against U.S. Open tennis official Nov 30th 2012, 19:15 LOS ANGELES | Fri Nov 30, 2012 2:15pm EST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Thursday dismissed murder charges against a 70-year-old professional tennis official accused of killing her husband, granting a request of prosecutors who said they were unable to proceed with the case. Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to discuss their reasons for seeking a dismissal of the case against Lois Goodman but prosecutors' spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said they had received new information about the case. The case was dismissed without prejudice, meaning that charges could be re-filed against Goodman in the future. "Because there is an ongoing police and district attorney's investigation, we will not make any further statements that might compromise that investigation," spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said in a written statement. Goodman had been accused of killing her 80-year-old husband in April by beating him with a coffee mug. She was charged in August. Defense lawyers have argued that Alan Frederick Goodman's death was an accident. They say that their client has passed a lie detector test and that her DNA was not found on the mug. Goodman is well known in tennis circles and had worked at the annual U.S. Open Tennis Championships tournament for at least the past 10 years, mainly as a line judge, according to the U.S. Tennis Association. (Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Bill Trott) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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