No charges to be filed in fight involving Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex Benedict

An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the 16-year-old Owasso teenager whose death following a fight in a high school bathroom was ruled a suicide.

“When I review a report and make a decision to file a charge I must be convinced — as is every prosecutor — that a crime was committed and that I have reasonable belief that a judge or jury would be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed,' Kunzweiler said. “From all the evidence gathered, this fight was an instance of mutual combat.” Kunzweiler also said Owasso police uncovered a “suicide note” written by Benedict, although he declined to say what the note said.

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