Ohad Fisherman looks to rebuild reputation after charges in 2016 sexual battery case are dropped

Ohad Fisherman looks to rebuild his reputation after the Miami-Dade State Attorney s Office declared it would be dropping charges against him in a nearly nine-year-old sexual battery incident Fisherman sat hand in hand with his wife on Tuesday at a press conference after learning the charges against him would be dropped just one day before his trial was scheduled to begin I am innocent Fisherman declared Fisherman had been charged with one count of sexual battery involving multiple perpetrators accused of aiding Oren and Alon Alexander in the assault on the victim Fisherman returned early from his honeymoon in Japan to surrender at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse He was later distributed on bond with his new wife and mother-in-law putting up another in collateral Following the filing of charges prosecutors discovered a Facebook video purportedly showing Fisherman on a boat cruising Miami Beach s Intracoastal Waterway at sunset on New Year s Eve close to the time the alleged assault occurred There was no deal no compromise The state dropped the charge because they knew I didn t do this commented Fisherman He was named as an accomplice by bureaucrats in The first degree felony that he s at this time charged with its a bondable offense the judge explained at the time Fisherman s attorneys mentioned his alibi proved he couldn t have committed the crime A post on Ohad s Facebook was p m on December his attorney Jeffrey Sloman mentioned In the video which was posted on his profile around the time his accuser claimed the alleged rape occurred Fisherman is seen surfing along Miami Beach s Intracoastal Waterway at sunset on New Year s Eve It prominently displayed the last sunset of which would have made it virtually impossible for him to have been where the accuser stated that he was Sloman noted On Monday the Miami-Dade State Attorney s Office issued a announcement echoing that sentiment which reads in part Fisherman declares that at the time of M W s sexual battery he was on a boat in the water somewhere along the Intercoastal Waterway We determined in good faith that we could not prove the event against Ohad Fisherman beyond and to the exclusion of all reasonable doubt which is required by law Love and faith got me through this Thank God we are still standing disclosed Fisherman Fisherman s attorneys mentioned he s focused on rebuilding his reputation now that the charges against him have been dropped State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle emphasized the decision applies only to Fisherman while cases against Oren and Alon Alexander remain pending