Charges of sexual assault have been withdrawn against Six Nations businessman Ken Hill.
Hill had been charged with sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman at Pottahawk Point last summer.
Assistant Crown attorney Shane Hickingbottom withdrew the charge on Wednesday before Justice Gethin Edward saying there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.
"Ken is ecstatic," Dean Paquette, Hill's lawyer, said after court.
"He's relieved this ordeal is over but was confident that if this matter had proceeded to trial, he would have been acquitted."
Paquette said the case was not provable based on all the evidence which, he added, heavily contradicted the complainant's story.
"(Ken) believes the charges being withdrawn further confirm he was innocent of any wrongdoing," said Paquette.
Hill is co-owner of cigarette company Grand River Enterprises, the largest manufacturer on Six Nations. He is also co-owner of the Brantford Golden Eagles junior B hockey club.
Hill, a former Six Nations band councillor, is no stranger to controversy. He faced an unsuccessful community call for his impeachment from council in 2000 and was charged with assault in connection with a scuffle at the Douglas Creek Estates protest in Caledonia.
Hill and one of his business partners, Peter Montour of Hamilton, still face 15 counts of trafficking in contraband cigarettes and one count of conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes.
A U.S. grand jury indicted the pair for supplying millions of illegal cigarettes to a Seattle smoke shop.
Along with owning the Eagles, Hill is also a partner -- along with other GRE owners -- in the Arrows Express team, which owns the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League.