Drinking and driving charges against Toronto Raptor centre Jonas Valanciunas were dropped Tuesday.

Valanciunas was arrested in April in Wasaga Beach just prior to the start of the Raptors first round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets.

“We are appreciative the Crown further reviewed the file and agreed there was no reasonable prospect of conviction,” said Alan Gold, Valanciunas’s lawyer, in an e-mail statement to the Star.

The Ministry of the Attorney General confirmed the charges against Valanciunas were withdrawn.

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In the email, it said the Crown carefully examined all of the evidence, the circumstances of the offence and the applicable case law and withdrew the charges because there was no chance of conviction.

Whether Valanciunas faces any further discipline from the team or the NBA wasn’t immediately known. The Raptors declined to comment.

According to an OPP release at the time, open beer bottles were spotted in Valanciunas’s vehicle as he went through a drive-thru at 2:30 a.m. April 7. Valanciunas was later arrested, charged with “Exceed 80 mgs.”

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