'Kane Show' Radio Host's Assault Charge Dropped

POTOMAC, MD — An assault charge filed against Peter Deibler, the host of the syndicated radio talk show “The Kane Show,” by his estranged wife has been dropped by prosecutors, who say the purported victim wouldn’t talk to them.

Deibler, 39, of Rockville, was arrested June 17 on charges he shoved his wife, Natasha Deibler, into a wall. He was charged with second-degree assault, according to Maryland court records, and released on $3,500 bond.

The couple is in the midst of a nasty divorce, says The Washington Post.

According to Maryland online court records, the charge was dismissed on June 29.

The Mongtomery County state’s attorney’s office said investigators had been unable to interview Natasha Deibler, which led to the dismissal of the charge.

“Based on the hearing and on more than a dozen efforts to contact, meet and work with the original complainant, our front line prosecutor had reason to believe that the case should not be prosecuted,” Ramon Korionoff, spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office, told the Post.

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Deibler’s nationally syndicated radio show is based at HOT 99.5 FM in Rockville.

A temporary protective order was issued June 20 which barred Deibler from contacting his wife or entering her Potomac home. But that order expired after a late July hearing in which Circuit Court Judge Terrence McGann decided that Deibler had tried to close the door to his apartment when Natasha Deibler tried to force her way inside.

The Washington Post report of the July hearing says both spouses claim the other has abused substances and acted erratically.

Natasha Deibler claims that on May 25 her husband grabbed her and threw her into a wall as their daughters watched, resulting in a sprained knee, head injury, bruises and a black eye, according to the Post.

“It’s an accusation that’s unfounded,” Peter Deibler told the newspaper.