A New York district attorney has dropped a prostitution charge against former reality TV star Alicia Guastaferro, but will still pursue remaining misdemeanor charges.
According to the Genesee County District Attorney’s Office, the prostitution charge was dropped after further investigation revealed it was unmerited. “Continuing investigation indicated that the prostitution charge was not viable. We were not going to be able to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt,” Assistant District Attorney Robert Zickl told The Huffington Post.
The D.A. still plans to pursue charges of possession of a controlled substance and criminal impersonation.
Guastaferro, the teen beauty queen who appeared on the ABC reality TV show “Wife Swap,” was arrested Aug. 27, after she was found with a 54-year-old Rochester-area attorney James D. Doyle, at a New York Thruway service area in Pembroke, 30 miles outside of Buffalo. State police said a concerned motorist contacted police to report a car being driven erratically before stopping at the travel plaza. When state troopers arrived, they found Doyle’s car illegally parked, with the engine running and the lights on. Doyle, according to a copy of the arrest report provided to The Huffington Post, was “slumped over the steering wheel passed out,” while Guastaferro was slumped over in the passenger seat. Doyle did not submit to a sobriety test and was arrested on a charge of DWI and other violations.
