The Delaware Attorney General's office said Thursday that it will not bring criminal charges against NASCAR driver Kurt Busch, citing insufficient evidence.
The statement from the attorney general read, in part, that the evidence gathered from the investigation into the alleged incident of domestic violence against former girlfriend Patricia Driscoll last September at Dover International Speedway "would likely be insufficient to meet the burden of establishing beyond a reasonable doubt that Busch committed a crime."
The Dover Police Department completed its investigation of the alleged altercation on Jan. 6, handing the case over to the county's attorney general's office. The case was separate from Driscoll's request for a no-contact order, which was granted Feb. 16 by a Delaware family court.
NASCAR suspended Busch on Feb. 20 after a Delaware family court commissioner released its findings, saying that a "preponderance of the evidence" indicated that Busch "committed an act of domestic violence." The commissioner's ruling also stated that Busch's "version of the events is implausible, does not make sense and is unlikely to be true given the totality of the other evidence admitted at trial."
Busch has missed the first two events in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, with interim driver Regan Smith filling in for the Stewart-Haas Racing No. 41 Chevrolet team. Busch applied for reinstatement of his competition license last Friday, agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth by NASCAR.(NASCAR)
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