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Charges dropped against second rape defendant

A prosecutor said Wednesday he has dropped charges against former South Dakota State University men’s basketball player Mohamed Berte now that another former player has been acquitted. Charges of aiding and abetting second-degree rape, sexual contact and first-degree burglary have been dismissed against Berte, 23, of the Ivory Coast, said Clyde Calhoon, Brookings County state’s attorney.