Prosecutors have dropped child rape charges that had been filed against a former teacher at a K-8 school in Brookline, legal filings show.

The Norfolk district attorney’s office on Wednesday dropped two counts each of aggravated statutory rape of child; rape of a child by force; aggravated child rape, 10-year age difference; and aggravated indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 that had been filed against Larry Chen, 38.

“We never doubted Larry’s innocence,” said Chen’s attorney, Daniel J. Gaudet, in a statement. “We were confident that the evidence we expected to present during the trial would have demonstrated that he never committed these crimes. We’re grateful that Larry does not have to go through the difficult experience of a jury trial and can now move on with his

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