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"&lt;img alt=\"1022_jamal-lewis_getty\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/22/1022-jamal-lewis-getty-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ex-NFL star &lt;strong&gt;Jamal Lewis&lt;/strong&gt; can breathe a major sigh of relief&amp;#160; ... because prosecutors in Georgia have decided to drop his child abandonment case, TMZ learned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lewis -- the 2003 NFL MVP -- was arrested back in August for child abandonment ... after he allegedly blew off his child support payments for a kid he fathered in 2005. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time, Lewis said it was all a big misunderstanding -- and vowed to \"work toward an arrangement within the court system that will allow me to effectively co-parent my son.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, TMZ has confirmed ... prosecutors have dropped the criminal charge against the ex-NFL star because they didn't believe there was enough evidence to get a conviction. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jamal's lawyer tells TMZ ... Lewis is \"happy to move forward from all of this.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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