Tune changed. Michelle Branch‘s domestic assault case was reportedly dismissed amid her divorce from Patrick Carney.The 39-year-old singer’s misdemeanor charge was dismissed by Judge Gale Robinson at the request of the state of Tennessee during a court appearance on Wednesday, August 24, according to multiple outlets.Branch was taken into police custody on August 11 at 2 a.m.
local time in Nashville with her bail set at $1,000. She was subsequently released.Later that day, the “Everywhere” singer announced she and Carney, 42, had called it quits after three years of marriage. “To say that I am totally devastated doesn’t even come close to describing how I feel for myself and for my family.
The rug has been completely pulled from underneath me and now I must figure out how to move forward,” she noted in a statement to Us Weekly. “With such small children, I ask for privacy and kindness.”The Grammy winner, who officially filed for divorce on August 12, went on to accuse the Black Keys member of cheating in a since-deleted social media post.
Carney has not publicly addressed the duo’s split or Branch’s allegations.The now-estranged couple began dating in 2015 after meeting at a Grammys party.
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