Gritty cleared of assaulting a 13-year-old boy

Gritty.
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Gritty, the Philadelphia Flyers' shaggy, orange mascot with an unsettlingly wide-eyed gaze, has been cleared of the alleged November assault of a 13-year-old boy, ESPN reports.

"[The] investigation, which has been completed and is no longer active, determined that the actions of the individual portraying the Flyers' mascot did not constitute physical assault as alleged," the Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement. In a statement of their own, the Flyers said the department's findings "[confirm] our thorough internal investigation that found no evidence of the described actions ever having taken place."

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Jacob Lambert is the art director of TheWeek.com. He was previously an editor at MAD magazine, and has written and illustrated for The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Weekly, and The Millions.