ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge says she won’t dismiss the homicide charges against former pro wrestling star Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka but may consider doing so later.
Lehigh County Judge Kelly Banach in June ruled the 73-year-old defendant mentally incompetent to stand trial in the 1983 death of girlfriend Nancy Argentino.
Banach declined prosecutors’ request to have him involuntarily committed to a mental hospital.
Banach said during a hearing yesterday she wasn’t comfortable with a dismissal now but wanted to revisit the case at Snuka’s next evaluation hearing in December.
Snuka was charged last year in the death of 23-year-old Nancy Argentino at a hotel. Snuka says she died in a fall.
If Banach grants the prosecution’s motion to require outpatient treatment, it’s unclear where Snuka would receive it. Defense attorney Robert Kirwan said his client plans to move to Florida to live with his son.
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