Hennepin County prosecutors on Thursday dismissed rape and stalking charges against a University of Minnesota law professor, saying they could not verify the accusations of his former girlfriend.

Francesco Parisi, 54, was arrested in February and charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and felony stalking. Both charges were dismissed.

“Prosecutors dismissed the charges in the interest of justice. Specifically, thorough and diligent efforts to corroborate or verify a number of specific allegations against Mr. Parisi that were made to the Minneapolis Police Department and the Hennepin County attorney’s office were unsuccessful,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman’s office said in a news release.

“Considering all of the evidence gathered during the course of the investigation, the charges are no longer supported by probable cause and dismissed.” Related Articles Gophers cancel sports activities to free time to vote on Nov. 3

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The woman reported to Minneapolis police in January that Parisi knocked her unconscious and raped her in January 2015, leaving her with significant injuries.

Parisi said through his attorney last month that the accuser had “zero evidence, other than her word, based on facts that have already been disproven in court in her various civil actions.”

Parisi has been a law professor at the U since 2006 and also is an economics professor at the University of Bologna in Italy and editor-in-chief of the Review of Law and Economics.