<p>After three hours of mediation, former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe had the misdemeanor battery charges against him dismissed on Wednesday.</p><p>Erika Evans, of Austell, Ga., filed the charges after a June 29 incident in which Sharpe asked Evans to leave his home, then picked her up and removed her from the house, said Sharpe's attorney, Craig Gillen.</p><p>Evans, who was at Sharpe's home to pick up the couple's 11-year-old son, filed charges two weeks later, according to court documents. Sharpe turned himself in to police after learning of the charges, his lawyer said.</p><p>"Mr. Sharpe is pleased this matter is resolved and behind him," Gillen said. He declined to comment further.</p><p>Evans' attorney, Charles Mathis, would not comment on the terms of Wednesday's mediation, but said "certain matters were resolved" and Evans was pleased with the outcome. Mathis declined to say whether civil litigation could still arise in the matter.</p><p>Gillen said police came to the home following the incident and decided not to press charges after interviewing Sharpe and Evans.</p><p>There are several possible reasons the officers left without making an arrest or filing a report, but if Evans would have had obvious injuries, Sharpe would've been arrested, said Sgt. John Quigley of the Atlanta Police Department.</p><p>"If there were fresh bruises and injuries, they would've taken the primary aggressor into custody," Quigley said.</p><p>Sharpe, 36, announced his retirement earlier this year after 14 years in the NFL with Denver and Baltimore. The announcement came two weeks after CBS announced he would be an analyst for "The NFL Today."</p><p>The Glenville, Ga., native and eight-time Pro Bowler made 815 catches for 10,060 yards during his career, most ever for a tight end.</p>
