Pittsburgh Judge Drops Last Remaining Charge Against Local Celebrity Wrestler

Professional wrestler and Pittsburgh native Kurt Angle was back in court Tuesday after allegedly violating a PFA order and driving with a suspended license earlier this year.

The current heavyweight champion of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling was arrested at about 7:50 a.m. on Aug. 15 in a Robinson Township strip mall parking lot.

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Angle, 40, was charged with violating the order of protection, harassment, possession of drugs and paraphernalia, and driving with a suspended license. Tuesday's hearing focused on the suspended license, harassment and possession, and paraphernalia charges.

On Tuesday, all of the charges, except for the harassment, were dropped prior to the hearing. The harassment charge was later dismissed.

"I'll continue to live my life by the law, the way I've always done. I will always abide by the law and try to be a role model in this community, and that's all I ever asked for," said Angle.

Angle's girlfriend, Trenesha Biggers, known as TSA's Rhaka Khan, said she obtained a protection order about one and a half hours earlier after the two fought a night before. She alleged that Angle had circled the lot staring at her as she sat in a coffee shop, according to a police affidavit.

During Angle's arrest, police said they found the human growth hormone Hygetropin in his car, and the wrestler told them he had a prescription for the drug. He also told officers he had not seen the woman and was looking for a hotel because he was barred from his home.

After his arrest, Angle said the woman set him up.

“I told this girl it wasn't going to work out. She asked to use my car to go to the store. She went to police. She got a PFA, and the police came and kicked me out and put her in. This thing was so premeditated. I was in shock at how smart it was,” Angle said.

Angle is a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Clarion University in western Pennsylvania. He won the 220-pound championship at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, defeating Iran's Abbas Jadidi for the gold medal, and has been a professional wrestler since 1998.

In September, Angle was found not guilty of drunken driving in Moon Township outside Pittsburgh. A motorist told police Angle had cut her off while leaving a bar parking lot.

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