According to ABC News, prosecutors have dropped a felony charge against the rapper Rick Ross in a domestic violence case. The dismissal came about a month after Ross was arrested in Miami Beach, when a woman he was living with told police he had hit her.

The Guardian reported that the Miami-Dade state attorney's office filed paperwork on Thursday to drop the felony charge of battery by strangulation, citing "insufficient evidence," according to court records. The Guardian's report is credited to the Associated Press.

Rolling Stone reported, in a story by Kory Grow, that Ross will instead face a misdemeanor charge of battery and domestic violence. The ABC News and Guardian summaries do not mention a misdemeanor charge, so the sources do not clarify how that count relates to the dropped felony.

The accounts differ in emphasis. Rolling Stone's headline and summary center on the misdemeanor, while ABC News and The Guardian center on the dismissal of the felony. None of the three summaries includes a comment from Ross or his representatives, and the reports supplied do not provide further detail on the case beyond these points.

Sources: Rolling Stone: Prosecutors Won’t Pursue Felony Battery Charge Against Rick Ross; ABC News: Prosecutors drop felony charge against rapper Rick Ross in domestic violence case; The Guardian: Florida prosecutors drop felony charge against Rick Ross in domestic violence case.