Charges withdrawn against Davey Boy Smith
CALGARY (CP) -- The Crown withdrew charges Thursday against wrestling superstar
Davey Boy Smith who was accused of threatening his ex-wife.
Smith, known to his fans as the British Bulldog, was accused of telling his
estranged wife Diana Hart-Smith and her sister that he would kill them.
He was also charged with threatening Hart-Smith's boyfriend.
Smith said he was just glad to have it over with.
"It's just one of those things . . . when the media are in a frenzy again
because of who I am," he said. "I'm just glad it's all behind me."
The Crown withdrew charges of uttering death threats in exchange for Smith's
agreeing to stay away from his former wife and not take any non-prescription
drugs.
Smith, 38, said he's going through a bitter divorce, but now that the criminal
matter has been resolved he hopes to return to the World Wrestling Federation
or may open his own wrestling school. He had been suspended without pay.
"There's just a lot of jealousy in the family and that's all I can pin it down
to right now," he said.
The grappler's estranged wife is the sister of Bret (The Hitman) Hart and of
Owen Hart, who died in a wrestling accident in Kansas City last year.
Smith is a one-time delivery boy from Manchester, England.
