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Three of the four charges against him were dropped in January 2024, and Jackson was sentenced to six months probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge in March 2024.
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Ilana Frost, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
The other driver — Kyle Harrison, who was 23 at the time of the crash — pleaded no contest to charges including vehicular manslaughter.
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Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Additionally, assistant director David Halls, who served as the film's safety coordinator, pleaded no contest to negligent use of a deadly weapon.
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Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
But 26-year-old Andrew Patrick Kelly did plead no contest to a statutory rape charge and received a two-year probation term, as part of the plea deal with Alameda County prosecutors.
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Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1931, in the meaning defined above
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“No contest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20contest. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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