The mother of R&B singer Mario today dropped the assault charges she filed against her son in October, admitting she was intoxicated at the time.
Shawntia Hardaway, who accused the Baltimore-born performer on October 1 of assaulting her and trashing their Fells Point apartment, appeared before the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City this afternoon and asked for the charges to be dropped. She has battled heroin addiction in the past.
Prosecutors dismissed all charges against the singer, whose full name is Mario Dewar Barrett.
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