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Civil Lawsuit Against Cardinals' Carlos Martinez Dismissed by Federal Judge

St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Carlos Martinez was cleared Friday from a civil lawsuit filed against him in January 2018 alleging he assaulted a man outside of a strip club five years ago.

Christine Byers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday evening that a federal judge threw the case out and called the incident "a plain old bar fight."

Andrew D'Angelo sued Martinez, specifically alleging assault, battery, in-concert liability and civil conspiracy. Byers relayed U.S. District Judge J. Phil Gilbert of the Southern District of Illinois' ruling:

"There is simply zero evidence that any of these people agreed, conspired, or planned a common design amongst themselves to carry out an attack on anyone.