Max Guilford is in Indiana for the NOS Energy Drink Indiana Midget Week series from now until next Saturday. Image \/ Facebook<\/p>\n
A rape charge against a New Zealand race car driver in the United States has been dismissed.<\/p>\n
Max Guilford, 19, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Blackford County in Indiana, but the charge was dismissed Thursday, (yesterday New Zealand time), Muncie Star Press reported.<\/p>\n
The charge he faced was a level 3 felony that carries up to 16 years in prison.<\/p>\n
\"The state declines to prosecute,\" Chief Deputy Prosecutor Joelle Frieburger wrote in the motion.<\/p>\n
The charge was dropped after Guildford was able to produce a Snapchat conversation between the accuser and a friend which acknowledged the sexual conduct had been consensual, his attorney Zaki Ali of Anderson said.<\/p>\n
Ali said the case should never have been filed.<\/p>\n
The woman had told police she was on a third date with Guilford when he carried her into a bedroom and forced her to have sex.<\/p>\n
\"She advised at no time did she ever want to have sex with Max,\" a Hartford City officer wrote.<\/p>\n
She said after the assault they went to a Starbucks Cafe where they disagreed over whether he would pay for her beverage.<\/p>\n
The woman said Guilford then drove her home, where she showered and \"went for a run\".<\/p>\n
She reported the alleged assault a few days later.<\/p>\n
It is understood Guilford is in Indiana for the NOS Energy Drink Indiana Midget Week series, and was staying in Blackford County this spring and summer.<\/p>\n
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