Exclusive | Brutal NYC domestic violence case dismissed on technicality showing insanity of discovery laws, prosecutors say

A vicious sicko accused of beating his girlfriend and ripping off her clothes in front of his friends was able to walk on a technicality — all because of New York’s deeply flawed discovery laws.The domestic violence and sex abuse case’s senseless dismissal last week in Manhattan court came after prosecutors turned over more than 70 forms of evidence to defense attorneys, law-enforcement sources said.But a sole piece of evidence unrelated to the case — a past disciplinary action against one of the arresting NYPD officers, who got punished for allowing an inmate to “escape” and grab a 20-second drink of water — came late, the sources said.The belated reveal prompted the entire case to be tossed under the laws, leaving the terrified woman without a protection order against her abusive ex and forcing her to move in the face of his continued harassment, sources said.“Domestic violence survivors are significantly impacted by the flaws in the state’s discovery laws,” said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, in a statement.“This horrifying example is illustrative of a much broader problem where survivors are being denied justice and orders of protection, leaving them vulnerable to their attackers.”The outrage by the lefty Bragg — who has been blasted as soft-on-crime — comes as he and the Big Apple’s four other district attorneys push Albany lawmakers to reform the state’s discovery laws.The DAs and other critics maintain that the laws have led to a surge in criminal cases getting tossed, often on trivial technicalities unrelated to the actual charges.“The system is stacked against the victims, and Albany doesn’t care,” one district attorney investigator said.

“I’m surprised there isn’t more crime.”The tossed Manhattan case — which sources outlined without giving many specifics, including the suspect’s identity, because it has now been sealed — involved an incident in which the allegedly abusive boyfriend stripped t...