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"&lt;img alt=\"0323_eldebarge_EX_01\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/03/23/0323-eldebarge-ex-01.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El DeBarge&lt;/strong&gt; says cops made a huge mistake when they arrested him for drug possession this week ... but he and the rest of his family are EXTREMELY relieved to hear prosecutors won't be pressing charges.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ spoke with Spencer Vodnoy, a lawyer for the DeBarge family, who tells us, \"The family said they were relieved to hear that no charges will be filed against El.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He adds, \"A the end of the day the truth appears to have prevailed and I am sure he will be getting back to work on his career, his health and happiness.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we previously reported, El was &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/21/el-debarge-arrested-drug-possession/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;arrested in L.A. on Tuesday&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for coke possession with intent to sell ... but officials later &lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/03/22/el-debarge-no-charges-filed-drug-possession-arrest/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;dropped the case&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; claiming there was not enough evidence to prove the singer did anything wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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