By Louis Charbonneau and Joseph Ax
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Manhattan District
Attorney's office has dropped a sexual abuse case against a
mid-level U.N. official arrested in June, the official's
attorneys said on Wednesday.
Dushyant Joshi, who works on the U.N. human resources
department's emergency preparedness and support team, was
arrested on charges of third-degree sexual abuse of a former
U.N. contractor.
The district attorney's office "has completed an
investigation of allegations of inappropriate touching, and no
criminal charges will be filed," Andrea Zellan, one of Joshi's
attorneys, told Reuters.
Zellan is with the law firm Brafman & Associates.
Joshi was accused of forcefully kissing and touching the
former U.N. contractor at a bar near U.N. headquarters in
Manhattan, according to a copy of a complaint made to the United
Nations.
A senior U.N. official said after the complaint was made
that Joshi had been disciplined.
He has denied the allegations.
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