EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A\u00a0misdemeanor\u00a0case involving well-known watchdog and University of Texas at El Paso associate professor Max Grossman will be dismissed after he completes the conditions of a pretrial diversion program, according to records obtained by ABC-7.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Grossman, 57, was arrested September 5 on a family violence charge in connection\u00a0to\u00a0an August 27 incident involving his former girlfriend, court records show.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a written response to ABC-7\u2019s request for information, Stephanie Valle, Special Projects Administrator with the El Paso District Attorney\u2019s Office, said in part:\u00a0\u201cThe decision to refer the Defendant to pre-trial diversion was made after a comprehensive review of the facts and circumstances of the case, the strength of the evidence, and the Defendant\u2019s lack of criminal history.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
Court records show that Grossman\u00a0is required to\u00a0pay a fee and\u00a0complete a Victim Impact Panel, which the Texas Department of Criminal Justice describes as an educational program.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The court document states that Grossman\u2019s case will be dismissed once he completes the program\u2019s conditions, but any violation of those conditions would jeopardize the dismissal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Records show the case will be partially expunged\u2014meaning, it will be visible only to the District Attorney\u2019s Office\u00a0and not the public.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Grossman\u2019s criminal defense attorney Brian Kennedy\u00a0told ABC-7 Grossman has completed all his pre-trial diversion\u00a0requirements.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kennedy also\u00a0referred us back\u00a0to his earlier comment, saying,\u00a0\u2018As I initially said, we look forward to clearing Mr. Grossman\u2019s name and with this dismissal his name has been cleared.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Grossman and his former partner\u00a0have also\u00a0filed civil suits against each other.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A\u00a0misdemeanor\u00a0case involving well-known watchdog and University of Texas at El Paso associate professor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-74685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}