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Homicide charges against WWE great Jimmy Snuka are dropped

A Pennsylvania judge has dropped the homicide charges against pro wrestling legend Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka — who was accused of killing his girlfriend in a case that dates back more than 30 years.

The decision to dismiss the charges on Tuesday came after Judge Kelly Banach viewed the medical records of the 73-year-old and determined that he was not mentally fit to stand trial, according to WPVI News.

“We’re considering our options and will decide at the appropriate time what action we’ll take,” the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.

Snuka had been found incompetent to stand trial last summer for the 1983 death of then-girlfriend Nancy Argentino, who was killed at a motel in Whitehall Township, Penn.

Snuka’s lawyers had urged Judge Banach to drop the third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges in the case — after it was revealed that the retired wrestler had been suffering from dementia, which was caused in large part due to head trauma sustained in the ring.

Nancy Argentino

Prosecutors were dubious and had asked the judge to require that Snuka undergo outpatient treatment to determine whether he can become mentally competent. But without that, they agreed, the charges might as well be dropped.

“If you believe that he’s not going to become competent, then what’s the point?” Chief Deputy District Attorney Charles Gallagher III told Judge Banach. “We ask you to dismiss the charges.”

Banach said she would reconsider her decision if new evidence came to light and a hearing was held in December to determine whether Snuka, a Florida resident, could stand trial.

Banach told the court on Tuesday that Snuka’s condition was too severe and that she would need to drop the charges.

Back in June, an expert for the prosecution testified that the wrestling icon’s brain showed normal signs of aging and it appeared as if he may be pretending to have dementia. But Banach later shot down these claims, saying there was no chance.

“I don’t believe he’s faking it,” she said at the time. “I don’t think he’s smart enough to fake it,”

While Snuka — a native of Fiji who tied up with some of the sport’s greats in the 1970s and ​’80s, including “Ro​wdy” Ro​ddy Piper and Don Muraco — had been a “person of interest” in the Argentino case for years, but was​n’t charged until 2015 after new evidence and witness testimony was presented to a grand jury.