“Everything that happened to us [that night] was wrong,” Davis said.

“Tom and I were not just going to take a slap on the wrist from the judge and forget about it,” Trombly said. “Our attorneys made it clear that we were going to maintain our innocence.”

Davis said he thought that Trombly’s injury may have influenced the dismissal.

“[Trombly’s broken jaw] made a stronger case,” Davis said.

But both students added that they believe that the lack of evidence was more than enough to sway the district attorney’s office.

“The charges against Tommy and I would have been dropped independent of anything that happened after the arrest,” Trombly said.

—Staff writer Joseph P. Flood can be reached at flood@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Justin D. Gest can be reached at gest@fas.harvard.edu.