Former MLB players Luis Castillo and Octavio Dotel were cleared of money laundering charges in a drug trafficking case by a judge in the Dominican Republic, according to Colin Dwyer of NPR.
According to that report, Dotel served nine days in detention and was released on bail. He also faces a weapons charge unrelated to the drug trafficking case. Castillo was never detained, according to Andre Fernandez of The Athletic.
Dominican Republic Attorney General Jean Alain Rodriguez had attempted to link Castillo and Dotel to "an alleged drug kingpin named Cesar Emilio Peralta, also known as 'Cesar the Abuser,'" per Dwyer.